As in Ancient Egypt: a piece of ceramics will save 10,000 tb of data and survive nuclear war

The CERBYTE device is not afraid of temperature changes from -273 ° C to +300 ° C, aggressive and acidic media, radiation and electromagnetic effects. The startup CERABYTE has developed an inexpensive, highly unlimited service life - ceramic cartridge, which stores data on the same principle as in Ancient Egypt, Techradar reports. CERBYTE engineers used the "ancient Egyptian" method of storage of data, which involved the cutting of hieroglyphics in stone.

CERBYTE technology has not yet been commercialized, but the company has already tested its terabete system and has stated that it is "fully working. " Wide available materials and components were used in the work. The CERBYTE demo consists of one reading rack and several data libraries. The information carrier has the shape of a thin square plate with a nano -size dark ceramic layer, which is stored in the cartridges inside the robotic library.

When you want to write down the data, the cartridge moves from the library rack to the record/read. The cartridge opens, the disk is removed and installed on the platform. The data fits into it in the form of templates similar to the QR code, with the help of a femtocundic laser pulse. The laser pulse creates holes or leaves gaps in the ceramic layer, which are similar to the binary code - zeros and units.

As the platform moves forward, the QR-Pattern line is written, and then it is read and checked with the camera while moving back. As soon as the data carrier is fully recorded, it is returned to the cartridge and then to the library. The maximum volume of data is 10,000 TB. CERABYTE argues that data stored in this way are not terrible temperature changes from -273 ° C to +300 ° C, aggressive or acidic media, radiation and electromagnetic effects.

In general, the device will save the data, even if there is a nuclear explosion. "Perhaps this device will not be able to compete with modern data storage systems, but at Cerabyte believes that it has the potential to become a standard of stable long -term storage of data in the future. Economic and easily scaled technology that does not require energy for storage and eliminates the need for migration data is a very promising solution, "the media emphasized.