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How does this compare vs Microsoft’s Project Silica? Available for purchase being the immediate differentiator, but curious how they fare technically. https://
by 0cf8612b2e1e 15d ago
How does this compare vs Microsoft’s Project Silica? Available for purchase being the immediate differentiator, but curious how they fare technically.
https://unlocked.microsoft.com/sealed-in-glass/ https://unlocked.microsoft.com/sealed-in-glass/
- hulitu 13d agoI'm still waiting for the Microsoft’s Vacuum cleaner.
- esterna 15d agoSilica uses femtosecond lasers for writing and supposedly mostly ordinary silicate glass as the medium. This would probably mean more costly drives and severely cheaper media (Folio claims $3/TB now, $1/TB eventually. I wager Silica would be at least 10x cheaper). If Silica keeps its promises, we might be looking at archival prices cratering. But it's been in development for over a decade, I wouldn't hold my breath. Really interesting would be R/W speeds.