Why data is being stored in glass and holograms
Storing information with holograms and in glass is being proposed to deal with a deluge of data.
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Storing information with holograms and in glass is being proposed to deal with a deluge of data.
Magnetic tape is a storage method still used today, with the manufacturers behind Linear Tape-Open (standard) shipping 152.9 exabytes of tape in 2023.
The three companies behind the LTO Consortium recently released the latest annual report on magnetic tape technology shipments, which set a new storage capacity record in 2023....
Thanks in part to the storage needs of AI developers, digital tape storage rose to an all-time high in 2023 despite being considered obsolete by many.
From punched cards to flash memory, we cover in depth many of the various permanent storage data systems. The first part of our series will focus on early storage technologies, while the next part will move towards more modern (and future) inventions. by Dr David Maddison