SPhotonix Advances 5D Glass Memory Crystal Technology Toward Data Center Deployment
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Summary
UK startup SPhotonix is advancing its 5D Memory Crystal technology from lab research to real-world deployment, with plans to pilot glass-based cold storage systems in data centers within two years. The technology uses fused silica glass platters written with femtosecond lasers to encode data in nanoscale structures, offering extremely durable storage with claims of 13.8 billion years of data resilience and 360TB capacity on a 5-inch disc. The company, spun out from University of Southampton research and founded in 2024, recently secured its first external funding round.
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outlining plans to pilot glass-based cold storage systems in data centers over the next two years
The company's storage medium is a fused silica glass platter, written using a femtosecond laser that encodes data in nanoscale structures
promise up to 13.8 billion years of data storage resilience, which is roughly the age of the universe
A startup called SPhotonix says its fused-silica 'memory crystal' has reached a deployment-ready milestone for cold data.
