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giantg2
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That, or a data crystal.
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lukan
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The difference is, that one was (and still is) a widely established product and the other is in prototype stage since decades.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5D_optical_data_storage
giantg2
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Yeah, but standard DVDs and CDs degrade in less than the stated 100 years.
nbernard
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Yeah, that's why M-discs were created. Which only displaces the question to "will there still be drives to read them?"...
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