I can't really tell what happened to this. It seems like Microsoft wound down the "Project Silica" thing they had been talking about, their final post/research paper on it said "The research phase is now complete, and we are continuing to consider learnings from Project Silica" which kinda sounds like corp-speak for "it's over", and I haven't seen any commercial activity in this area since.

I remember when they announced you could soon put terrabytes of data on a Tesa strip with a laser. AFAIK, the technology went to some lab, was bought by a company, and disappeared.

Seems like a controlled market. Data storage needs an AI moment too :D.

Ever seen a Microsoft product that doesn't suck ? They are still working on the Microsoft ™ Vacuum Cleaner. /s