Ceramic storage, I love it. We’ve looped all the way back around to reimplementing cuneiform tablets, just on a microscopic level.
I look forward to storing the complaints about the quality of my copper deliveries on them.
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Ea-nāṣir.Initially, there will be no need for particle beams/electron microscopy
It sounds like this might never be viable in the consumer space. Pity. The world is more cloud-centered than I’d like as it is. I want 1PB in my pocket!
This also sounds like permanent write memory with real only after that. No re-write.
Yes, the CeraByte web site is suspiciously devoid of any mention of rewrite-ability (or lack thereof). They just mention reading and writing. https://www.cerabyte.com/how-it-works/
More questions than answers, looking through their web site.
After a few minutes of duckduckgoing it, it looks like they are a new company still in the funding phase. They are due to present at the Storage Developer Conference later this month, but I’m not sure they actually have a product yet. https://storagedeveloper.org/events/agenda/session/527
In the abstract they focus on cold storage, but also mention “the ability to fully recycle the media”.
Ah yes, let me just boot up my electron microscope in my computer to be able to utilize this tech
Well this is a data center oriented tech, anyway, and the current implementation doesn’t need that.
When AI start making videos in earnest, every storage media on Earth is going to clench its little butthole in fear.
What’s up guys it’s your favorite ai here
The problem to solve there is stopping the videos, not making room for them.
I don’t disagree in principle, but you’re talking about teaching tech to stop “moving fast and breaking things”
Data reading can be done with equipment using high-resolution microscopic imaging techniques or electron beam microscopy.
They do not say how to write this tape and to read it you need an extraordinarily costly device at extraordinarily slow rate 🤨.
Write with laser or particle beam. Read with microscope or electron microscope.
Read will be taking a snapshot of the area with the electron beam so it will depend on the speed of said microscope. The idea isn’t for ultra fast write and read access. It’s long term storage with low volume. Currently they’re using tape for long term storage but the longevity is likely less than that of ceramic.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
According to the startup, these new formats are poised to address density, performance, and access paradigms, as well as the cost and sustainability demands of datacenters.
Here, for the first time, it will detail how it will introduce CeraMemory with inorganic nanolayers, using 50-100 atoms thick ceramics to store information.
Data reading can be done with equipment using high-resolution microscopic imaging techniques or electron beam microscopy.
Another seemingly excellent inherent property of ceramic storage is the touted media durability and longevity.
Additionally, it is boasted that CeraMemory is resistant to corrosive, acidic, radioactive environments and EMP disruption.
Its presentation at the 2023 Storage Developer Conference, which takes place between September 18 and 21, looks set to be one to watch.
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I wonder how this compares to Microsoft’s Project Silica. It seems like it is much more dense in terms of data storage, but it also sounds like the data is etched into the surface of the ceramic vs Silica’s data being stored within the glass. Obviously still miles more durable than most modern data storage methods.
Without knowing anything my guess is they are making layers of some graphene sheets with vapor deposition coating and making a roll or a sandwhich of that. I would imagine it will be extremely expensive.
Another case of vaporware?
I’ll wait until it’s on sale.
