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Why we need DNA data drives - We’re rapidly running out of storage space, but DNA is a surprisingly viable option. (spectrum.ieee.org)

submitted 8 months ago by Lugh to c/futurology

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[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Personally, I'm really keen on 5D optical data storage. It's extremely dense, and also incredibly robust - I've seen predictions of billion-year stability.

[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

"The "5-dimensional" descriptor is for marketing purposes, since the device has 3 physical dimensions and no exotic higher dimensional properties. The fractal/holographic nature of its data storage is also purely 3-dimensional"

Good job they cleared that up.

When will we get real 5 Dimensional storage though! Wouldn't that increase storage density by the power of 5/3??? Omg my maths is getting bad.