Breaking free of datacenter legacy thinking

[@felixschndr]

It scratches at a Level 6 with deeper grooves at Level 7

[@KentoNishi]

"Now, the bend test. Will this slab of glass survive?"

[@BugraLab]

jerry rigs glassy things

[@Subquake]

Glass is glass and glass can break :D

[@theultimateabhishek]

😂😂

[@vincethelad]

Let's get started *snap*

[@Jongle23]

Windows might one day run off of an actual window.

[@sky-persuitofwonder]

lmao

[@JackHan_0812]

r/wooosh

[@markanderson4689]

@RollzForLolz 1 what if your phone screen was your phone, like just a solid brick of plexiglass with embedded photoelectic crystals which act as the compute medium, and could be customized to whatever shape you wanted as long as it followed a readable storage structure

[@rusl1rusl]

@@JackHan_0812 5:46

[@mtbright06]

ssd = silica sliding door

[@TakingItCasual]

In case it's not clear, the glass storage is a write-once-read-many technology, so it's not going to replace your SSD.

[@amendorato]

That's why a message saying "permanent storage" and the "Universal Studios fire" at the beginning. But someday it would replace SSDs... he just made some assumptions for some application with our actual technology capabilities. It's just a matter of time for someone do a reaserach and find a way to make it "easily" erasable. The real deal in the video is to show a more efficient way to store and use data for now. Making this avaiable to datacenters would make someday avaiable to people, and we could reach really fast lightspeed internet without noticeable latecy

[@mipmip5759]

Nice permanent storage you have there! ... Now do a GDPR compliance review 😏

[@nitramwin]

Thanks for your transparent explanation!

[@watermouse9296]

yay WORM yay

[@doctapeppur1900]

"clear"

[@cdarioworks]

Missed a chance to say "and we've only just scratched the surface".

[@MrHimanshun]

_(*Hits blunt)_ _Microsoft have Windows, Windows have Glasses, Glasses have your Data_

[@7027-s6f]

Himanshu Nawalkar Genius

[@8bit-meiko]

google was first to have glasses

[@MultiDeivas]

Thus Microsoft has your data 🙃

[@hm09235nd]

Look thru the glass, and what do you see?

[@8bit-meiko]

@@hm09235nd looking at it from a different perspective, i see windows

[@anthonytonev1357]

Microsoft strategy: first we sell windows and once we sell enough windows - we will start selling glass.

[@kevensmhith]

You missed an opportunity there.

[@desmeister2110]

sand is next

[@davidnguyen9065]

Lol, that's so shallow. I know you're meme-ing, but their strategy is actually really complex, if you read up about "Cloud First, Mobile First" saying by Microsoft, you'll see what I mean...

[@gareeyaseesaha9178]

They are already selling sand. Silicon extracted from the earth (and sometimes sand) is what makes the chips in all your devices work.

[@nesp_phieti]

But Windows are made mainly from glass

[@mohamad6533]

now, my WINDOWS can store data.

[@nutinmyass]

​@Tcll5850 What a cynical view you have of Microsoft's motives.. This method of storage seems far more expensive than classical ones, and it's apparently read-only. So why would a company want to store everyone's records (that are constantly changing) in a read-only medium using a highly expensive process, when they can just use a common hard drive or ssd for a fraction of that cost and still maintain overwrite functionality? That doesn't make any sense.. I'm assuming the real motive here is to create a market for permanent storage options, and to expand the potential of data center locations (aka, everything they mentioned in the video). And for encryption.. the data can be encrypted *before* it's stored in the glass, so it wouldn't make much difference for hackers.

[@Zreknarf]

@@nutinmyass why would you need to rewrite when "theoretically this single piece of glass can store hundreds of terabytes of data"

[@flypsi2405]

Danke. Dieser Witz hat meinen Tag verbessert.

[@mrmaniac3]

What gives you the impression that it’s non-writeable? I was under the impression that it was rewriteable.

[@Helveteshit]

@@nutinmyass There is a lot of companies that want to produce archives. So this sort of storage is super interesting for those companies. For example, LinusTechTips on KZbin? They have a server computer, where they only store stuff for read purposes. They don't really change those files. They simply store raw footage for the purpose of editing videos. Other media companies fall into this category too. Basically, this type of storage is interesting out of archive purposes. Where you want to save past information that you don't really need to change when you are done with it. Like measurements from a satellite from outer space, that you have already analyzed and what not. That you store there, in case you ever need to look at the data again. So, there is a lot of interesting markets that can use this. It is not for the hobbyist that want keep changing their storage data out and in. Delete left and right. This is meant for, as you wrote yourself... Permanent storage. AKA, archive purposes. That is why, they mentioned the fire at the start of the video. To point out, who they direct themselves toward.

[@oneextrabit]

Finally a reliable place to store my 2 TB "Home work" folder

[@tchitchouan]

Borislav Stoilov a man of culture I see

[@ThatNerdAlbert]

Those are rookie numbers. Mine is 239 TB. It requires soo much storage, my computer just starts disappearing from reality once in a while.

[@ThatNerdAlbert]

@ahmed 07070 My true successor.

[@MrThijmenmees]

"But glass is glass, and glass will break" ~JerryRigEverything

[@zanGomboc]

Scratches at level 6

[@MrThijmenmees]

With deeper grooves at level 7

[@arthasgrinds7039]

Also their example was the Universal Studios fire.. So they created glass which is resistant to many things.. except fire.

[@ashkara8652]

@@arthasgrinds7039 Glass is not resistant to fire? You're kidding right

[@nathangeorge4017]

Probably it is tempered glass. Much harder to break. Especially when it is that thick and when the area of the square of glass is so small. It's like when you try to break a really short tree branch, it doesn't work very well. You probably could break it if you tried pretty hard. But I mean how hard is it to snap a DVD in half?

[@mariusdkm]

I was waiting for him to tell: And in this glass house we already stored 1 petabyte of data.

[@markanderson4689]

sameeeeee

[@ajaykiran6]

Yeah

[@seditt5146]

Marius... That amount of glass he has there can store around half a petabyte last I checked.

[@Makhwax]

Google: "we have attained quantum supremacy" Microsoft: "hold my glass"

[@pictzone]

Nahh, quantum supremacy is still a bigger deal. It probably becomes even a greater deal when you combine both technologies though

[@willd0g]

Well done

[@suicidalbanananana]

@@pictzone Except Google didnt actually achieve quantum supremacy as viewed by most industry specialists, some reporter/interviewer just called it that to create hype, and that sorta spun out of control. Google did a complex calculation that would've taken years on a 'classic' computer, but its already been proven that a proper written piece of code can make the 'classic' version much much MUCH faster then google's claims. They pretty much wrote a shitty piece of code to have their quantum endeavors seem more special.

[@TheMulialia]

Literally

[@heunskepkag505]

@@suicidalbanananana that's coming from a suicidal banana

[@mellamoakshay]

"Son why u melting glass?" "Just formatting my pendrive dad"

[@bhargavatejasallapalli2861]

The new Microsoft is in the future and pulling others towards it. It's what I call "Visionary" which is very much lacking in many companies these days.

[@zero-lpds]

I can agree with that. Opposed to "we have a built a bigger iPad in a different colour" right? Am not a huge fan of either of these companies (AAPL, MSFT) for different reasons, but I must admit that MSFT is doing crazy shit these days and I LOVE their efforts! Currently how I see the tech world: Google gives personal computing power to the masses (and they're pretty out there in Quantum Computing as well) - referring to Chromebooks here. Amazon gives server power and related tools to the masses - referring to all the different AWS offerings which are quite cheap, but powerful and easy to use now. Microsoft produces the shiny stuff which will surprise you - like this glass thing Some others are obsessed with these foldable screens and AR headsets - that's nice but not nearly as innovative as the first three. Apple - who call themselves so innovative - is building a bigger iPhone to go with a thinner laptop (which will overheat) - they've had their moments in their history I do admit, but nowadays what they do is dismal in terms of innovation I would say.

[@Angelchildxx]

Bhargava Teja Sallapalli Apple is

[@diogeneslantern18]

@@zero-lpds you have an incredibly cursory understanding of the tech world. Microsoft provides a far more powerful platform in Azure than Amazon AWS ever will. And the former is pretty much free for a year.

[@butiwannabetracer819]

@@Angelchildxx nice joke

[@nobodynowhere5213]

They get the tech from university, publicly funded research. Just like all capitalist, they just take free research and then turn it into private profits for the rich. Stop hyping up corporations, they are not for us. They are only for the owners.

[@ruanckruger]

For anyone wondering what the transition music/song is: Thad Kopec - Guardian

[@jthweatt412]

your amazing, thank you

[@ibzih]

Oh dude you are fucking amazing I was searching for the music since they released the video. Thanks!

[@cpsthrume]

Thanks, I was looking for this comment. Btw, the first 2 notes of the song reminded me of "Not Your Kind of People" kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZTOdKatlK-sgKs

[@saulgoodman2018]

Teacher, I swear I did my homework, but I dropped the glass and it shattered.

[@UNPhantom93]

🤣🤣

[@Antifa850]

it can't break since it's not glass but silica

[@rithin1738]

@@Antifa850 Silica is the major component of most glasses

[@rahishnamikaze1516]

Years of academy training wasted

[@AtaGunZ]

Go try telling your teacher you dropped your hard disk platters and see if it works

[@Cyranek]

it even works UNDERWATER !

[@78anurag]

*Flex Tape Flashbacks*

[@AbdullahZaman-tj7hp]

Linus: **drops glass** Lew: do Not use glass storage MKBHD: I have been using glass storage for over a decade now. Austin: hey guys!

[@zero-lpds]

Ha! For a brief second, I was thinking you referred to Linus Torvalds and kept thinking why would he drop glass. Took a solid 30 seconds to figure that you're talking about LTT. ;)

[@emptyavatar]

Zac: glass is glass and glass breaks.

[@AbdullahZaman-tj7hp]

@@zero-lpds hahaha my bad, should have made it clear in the first place!

[@AbdullahZaman-tj7hp]

@@emptyavatar lol 😅

[@panosbbb]

well that's so true

[@whyareyoureadingthis3936]

"Its almost indestructible" "You can just melt it down"

[@MonkeyGaming861]

y the indistructible part is a bit bulshit yet again compared to an ssd its quite indestructible in some ways.

[@KodakYarr]

If they ever get up there they're in trouble, 'cause there's no way to get down. Maybe a rope.

[@Pablovru]

ALMOST !

[@Crusader1815]

You mean, like in a fire? Like the fires that destroyed the library of Alexandria, the UMG warehouse, etc.? Whatever you use to store data, it still needs to be backed up at another location.

[@TheHaters112]

You'll never see Apple use their main channel for education.

[@Interestingworld4567]

RealiableCandy4 just wait I hear they are working on GPU technology.

[@yasirsaheed]

@@Interestingworld4567 The point is even they make something, it'd be a fancy promo video with janky marketing terms thrown around! "Retina Display" "ProMotion Display" & shit like that which means nothing.

[@zero-lpds]

@Vaporweave made my day! :)

[@MobFactory]

You realise this is an ad right? Its meaant to drum up buzz to boost their market cap and make them money. It's the same reason they run all the microsoft AI ads on TV.

[@zero-lpds]

@@MobFactory compared to a usual ad from other tech companies it's quite a good one imo.

[@kalaniripley1371]

MKBHD: So guys I've been with glass for the past three years and here are my thoughts.

[@arreniuskarunakaran3049]

XDXDXD

So, a Minority Report recap: Touch screen, done Glass storage, in progress Self driving cars, in progress Eye transplant, Todo?

[@havoc4715]

Quantum Supremacy, done

[@fredriks5090]

Just a few steps away from a transparent phone. Give it 200 years and windows can, with the help of Windows, - be your home TV, computer and energy storage units.

[@GrandNebSmada]

Understanding the human body is a lot more complex than I think you realize. With this technology, we create it all and know how what will happen, but were basically trying to reverse engineer an already complex thing with biology.

[@suicidalbanananana]

Please don't take this the wrong way and most definately love every movie you want, but all those things have been done thousands of times in earlier movies too.

[@suicidalbanananana]

@@havoc4715 No, read up on that, its bscly a dumb reporter calling it that & everybody falling over eachother trying to bank (get views clicks etc) on the hype, and Google heavily skewing the outcome of their test in favor of their quantum 'puter (writing extremely shoddy code for their 'classic computer' version)

[@Zazuban]

How is this not going viral, the technology here is a huge leap forward in data storage and will absolutely change human history once it rolls out for everyone to use.

[@casyazmon6120]

"We are not there yet but everyday we are making progress on that dream" Wow!! It's great👍

[@nipunasudha]

*I'm in tears* watching this amazing video while some people joke about *deeper grooves at Level 7*

[@TotalGAMIX]

This should go trending

[@leeroymlg4692]

most people don't care about this stuff unfortunately. it's not as gratifying

[@gibbedyg9369]

Jonathan Ferraro I am interested in this, but find the way this is shot very distracting/annoying.

[@milanthakkar9493]

@@gibbedyg9369 I find the way it's shot aesthetically pleasing :D

[@tamie341]

This was a dope video. Mic drop moment at da end lol.

[@heated1333]

@@milanthakkar9493 me too!

[@schino]

Ah yes, the Glass Age, truly is a fitting name for our upcoming generation

[@nickpiovesan4361]

“It’s really quite powerful to be able to store your information forever” *governments begin to drool*

[@suicidalbanananana]

Until they realize its one time writing, so they can't go back trough the data to cover stuff up ;)

[@tastingo8046]

Microsoft starts to drool* You realise how much these guys are spying on you aswell?

[@UltimateAlgorithm]

@@suicidalbanananana yes, it is for archival puposes. Just like tapes today in which most archive are stored. These type of storage does not need to be fast nor random access capable. What needed is density, relatively cheap price per capacity and last but not least durable for hundreds even thousands of years.

[@IamEpicPwnage]

So what you're saying is.. Microsoft stores their secrets in windows

[@Luxx0711]

Drop test incoming ;)

[@SujitJadhavIN]

😂😂

[@soragranda]

They need linus XD.

[@kabayangila]

Lukas Klenk here comes the angle grinder

[@RS0593]

Drop your hard disk and observe... XD

[@donsanjino]

gorilla glass to the rescue xD

[@ClumsEGirl]

"Let's make storage last forever." ⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ Makes it out of glass.

[@Bigos4]

Should be made out of bedrock, smh

[@m33r61]

If you're implying that it won't last forever because glass will shatter, you can see in the video he says it is made out of silica, which is very strong

[@valyushalee2320]

@@m33r61 silica glass is just glass. Silicon dioxide.

[@anmoljuyal9439]

"Glass os glass and glass can break" -Jerry

[@m33r61]

@@valyushalee2320 yeah, and this is silica, not silicon dioxide, the point is, isn't silica supposed yo be strong? What makes normal glass shatter is the lack of purity?

[@kendrickluke2260]

Me: looking at the window trying to plug in usb to extract the data

[@DVMovies1999]

Microsoft Window(s)

[@1ali1996]

Ok that's hurt !!

[@DoubleGlog]

I like this sort of marketing, it's not pandering, its not aggressive or pushy, its just optimistic and educational. That's very powerful too, to captivate your audience without being unnecessarily manipulative.

[@madking3289]

Microsoft needs to show more of it to the world. It's the only company that inspires me. I hope I'm wrong if I feel this video was in response to Google's quantum supremacy video.

[@fask69]

how about spaceX?

[@fatpen9731]

I think it is a response to google. But the glass technology is not theirs and it's not new I remember reading about it in 2010 on a science magazine when they first figured these properties of glass by storing light inside it for a short period of time.

[@schyzm]

@@fatpen9731 it was also featured in classic sci-fi films and books as a possible data storage method, but Microsoft is just trying to make it refined and usable.

[@GrandNebSmada]

@@marlinlenchanteur4260 I go to Kent State University in Ohio. Our university is actually who invented LCD displays and the one auditorium that I have a class in was funded by Samsung. They still work with companies such as Samsung, LG, and TCL today to further develop the technology.

[@TheHomeless080]

@@fatpen9731 Quantum computing is not a Google thing either. They are not even the first company doing commercial quantum computing. IBM does it for decades now and Google did not achieve quantum supremacy. Furthermore the technology Microsoft is using does not trap light in glass to store data its inscripted into the glass. No company does fundermental research. They usually refine existing technologies in order to sell them to costumers. Fundermental research is mostly to expensive for companies to finance especially if there is no apparent application to use it in.

[@prismgames]

We're literally living in the Future. Such an amazing time to live in

[@kyomawolf2]

*literally every science fiction movie * Microsoft: hold my beer

[@IroAppe]

Glass Datacube

[@coleomo]

Was thinking this, if this is actually going to be available to the public anytime soon what sort of alien shit are they on.

[@mojar2680]

This video has so much radical idea's that it seems like an april fools joke

[@shankarsreedhar]

I know right!! 5 minutes in I thought they were doing those April fools videos which Google does. I checked the date and damn. They're serious.

[@naderkhaled9410]

I think this is one of the greatest Inventions in all of our time . I mean theoretically it can scale a Datacenter down to a Box of Glass. Will save a lot of money, a lot of energy,.

[@testemail2155]

Correction - Cannot scale datacenter down to a box of glass still.....Definitely an increase in storage density (3D storage because of the ability to define depth and orientation)

[@gbenselum]

This is archive not live data. This will change libraries not datacenter.

[@naderkhaled9410]

@@gbenselum I agree with you but what i meant is that it will make the Storage of Servers more efficient and will not take huge Volume.But still the Server can process the stored data.

[@jopo6445]

@@naderkhaled9410 But it's not re-writeable storage, so you can only use it for backup. Not for running servers

[@LittleRainGames]

@@gbenselum it could host web applications, ehen you update you slide in a new piece and melt the old one down for a new one. Just wont work for databases, unless you know it wont update. Could keep pushing the data in.

[@billycasper3351]

The 35 second Introduction in the start was quite impressive. Knowing the fact that how so many content creators fail to give a good introduction.

[@acmargatroid]

6:52 "...or even underwater" *intense Flex Tape flashbacks*

[@AneggoctopuS]

I don't care what Apple or Google fans say, Microsoft is still one of the greatest company in the digital industry and scientific research.

[@iliasvelaoras3038]

"We're creating a lot more than we can store" heh, really makes you think

[@ZunderCraft]

your comment and my reply are also a part of that problem

[@Kostanj42]

im joining in!

[@markanderson4689]

does it really need to be stored tho

[@Eidako]

"But there are things not covered by genetic information. Human memories, ideas, culture, history. Genes don't contain any record of human history. Is it something that should not be passed on? Should that information be left at the mercy of nature? We've always kept records of our lives. Through words, pictures, symbols, tablets to books. But not all the information was inherited by later generations. A small percentage of the whole was selected and processed, then passed on. Not unlike genes, really. But in the current digitized world, trivial information is accumulating every second, preserved in all its triteness. Never fading, always accessible. Rumors about petty issues, misinterpretations, slander. All this junk data preserved in an unfiltered state, growing at an alarming rate. It will only slow down social progress, reduce the rate of evolution." - Metal Gear Solid 2 (Nov 2001)

[@deivisony]

@@Eidako You are wrong colonel!

[@indujain1424]

Microsoft salute to you and your Research team that has now made it possible so that instead of having a huge place (like a land) to store data and preserving it. Means Microsoft you have made a great way for storing original copy for more than 100 years. i am a HUGE respect for you for this : )

[@radomane]

Some Blade Runner shit right here, memory orbs in 2019.

[@hackman-hackman]

8:29 the idea of my great great great grand children looking at photos of me gave me chills!

[@jerguskrc]

2019 has been a GREAT year for science

[@streamdungeon5166]

I like the style of the video and I really hope you folks get that tech available to us soon. Also for the critics - it would be trivial to coat the glass in a way that it will neither break when you drop it nor easily snap. Might reduce read speed but not by much if even that.

[@ArmouredUnicorn]

Reminds me of a precursor to stacks in Altered Carbon. "it is literally going to change existence as we know it"

[@Beckernoodles]

We just need to put it in our spines now

[@ArmouredUnicorn]

@@Beckernoodles Haha, yeah and i mean if we are all going to be getting neuralink and having an ai neural net run alongside our brains, why wouldn't it be able to use something like this to store someones entire data and then be read by neuralink lol

[@Cscuile]

I love innovation so much!!! Thank you Microsoft for doing what many companies can't.

[@jayjam_]

I once lost 5gb worth of memes due to a disk error. I too stay up at night fearing that in the morning hundreds of jokes will be lost.

[@neophyte88]

F

[@RamjeProductions]

Never that my Vauxhall As(h)tra(y) could store data! Bloody marvellous!

[@-SeventeenF]

6:52 "It even works underwater!"

[@MonkeyGaming861]

ghahaha

[@rootanolaofficial]

Unbelievable. I’m excited.

[@ClappedOut]

He keeps saying "this is going to revolutionize the world" like he's doing a Kickstarter campaign or something.

[@PotatoesGottaPotate]

as if he doesnt already have a multi billion dollar backing

[@kansas813]

​@@PotatoesGottaPotate trillion*

[@GabrielCarvv]

there's this thing, it's called marketing

[@jaimecaroleledford79]

It's conditioning

[@Legion849]

It's called Marketing get enough people to believe in this tech and make $$$

[@jukeboxplays]

I hope we can turn it into a reality in cloud! The big question is, how can we make it cheap? But in its condition, it is impressive they are working on new ways of computing, network and storage

[@iliketrains0pwned]

1:28 I just wanted to learn about data storage, but now I've got an existential crisis

[@jameskelmenson1927]

This video really stands out to me and it makes me happy. Particularly interesting is that new algorithms might become feasible with new mediums such as glass. In a huge way, glass is quantum computation and i dont see why it should be called anything but. Intuitively it makes sense that the worlds best chip over time will increasingly find synergies, like how modern chips intelligently dissipate heat, even light hits the circuit board and i fully expect the future of computation to account for that. Eventually chips might be so large that any dead space at all is an impediment, and i wonder if in a roundabout way we'll find that Earth made the perfect computer all along.

[@TotalGAMIX]

👌😍

[@Ermude10]

2:12 "But if you look really carefully, you can see data that is stored inside it". Yeah, I can see the Microsoft logo.

[@JohnDoe-yz2uy]

Microsoft, please make this technology available to the consumer market.

[@peppeddu]

So, it turns out that Star Trek TNG was right all along. In S6 E12 they had Professor James Moriarty (an AI character that acquired self consciousness) running in a storage cube made of ... glass!

[@jopo6445]

Can't run an AI in this glass since it's not re-writable, so it can only run pre-programmed static files.

[@exponentialgrowth]

Satya Nadella was really the leader they needed. Great work.

[@zabbar14]

Microsoft: Develops awesome new storage technology using glass. Sahara desert: **SWEATS**

[@dijasom]

Always nice when they summarize and dumb down their latest goals. :3

[@bruhdabones]

A new take on “data visualization”: light-based storage

[@ZNotFound]

Optical Disks exists.

[@bruhdabones]

Zytran L Can you look at them carefully enough to see the grooves? I’ve never tried. But the video guy says you can see the bits on the cube.

[@ZNotFound]

@@bruhdabones if you can see the bits in the glass with the naked eye then it isn't as compact as it can be. You'd need a microscope for an optical disk.

[@bruhdabones]

Zytran L idk what your point is. You said you can see bits on a DVD, then you say only with a microscope. In the video, the presenter says you can see the bits. That doesn’t mean they’re big necessarily, that just means the medium is very clear and the bits are so dense that groups of them are visible.

[@ZNotFound]

@@bruhdabones Sorry. My original reply was meant for the "Light-based storage".

[@ocg-overwatchconsolegamepl2809]

WOWWW why is nobody talking about this?! this is amazing!

[@FlowerPowerWoman.]

Wow, That was a fantastic demonstration that makes me as a person, & as a scientist overjoyed for the future!

[@oceanman859]

Not gonna lie, best glass commercial I have seen in a long time

[@TechNowJC]

The future right here!

[@gouthamkm7510]

Today I just loved Microsoft for taking technology's to next level & rethinking then the usual way

[@yahhoo69]

5:18 "it goes to a server in Iraq"

[@lorix2836]

Haha xD

[@ButlerCPR]

wow, just amazing work. I can't wait to give some of this technology a try. We have been so passive when it comes to innovation that is will be a game-changer.

[@avinash-dhumal]

They use the optical properties of light and make crazy things.

[@kushwanthr2122]

Love you Microsoft for Invitations like this.....

[@stc2828]

Glass storage sounds fitting for sci fi movie, its about time.

[@leevan9847]

a better title and thumbnail,this video wld have been viral, this is revolutionary tech right here

[@rajkumar-pk2rg]

"Laser hit the glass a small dot was created ", isn't this how CDs work, etching!!

[@DheerajSukumaran]

the difference being CD embeds data on organic layers on a flat surface. leading to less shelf life, and limited storage space. storing on glass is inorganic, and etches the grooves on a 3D so the data is stored more densely. so longer life span and higher storage capacity

[@davidcanatella4279]

Never mind banking let’s store what actually matters like books film photos and other art. Also, a simple one layer glass disc is more adaptable and practical

[@Collin0]

Great stuff, can't wait to see what this technology becomes

[@HappySlappyFace]

is that a 7xxx AMD die in your pfp? nice

[@Collin0]

@@HappySlappyFace Yep!

[@T---T]

I want to meet the director of this video. The visuals and information are absolutely stunning.

[@MickDavies]

how are there 3 down likes already? This is pretty interesting for our storage future

[@TotalGAMIX]

Probably hard drive companies

[@myfriendmoses]

@Extrasklep I don't get why people hate Microsoft, there would be no Apple today if it weren't for Microsoft investing in them

[@NoneRain_]

@Extrasklep lol

[@abhiabhi-xp9on]

I am gonna look back at this video and wonder i was impressed by this.

[@lightning_4480]

Elon Musk neuralink: upload your mind to the cloud Microsoft: Store data forever in indestructible glasses immortality confirmed

[@X606]

Hell yeah dude

[@X606]

@Alex Podolinsky true, but neuralink is 100% a step forward

[@Alpha17x]

This is great. I look forward to this technology hitting the consumer market in 30 years.

[@dhruvkc26]

Is it reusable? Can it overwrite data?

[@braysniper58]

I remember him saying it can easily be melted down I to another price of glass. So yes reusable, but maybe not overwrite able.

[@JelleRevyn]

It could be archival only, only time will tell.

[@testemail2155]

@@JelleRevyn No it is write once.....Just like the old CDs....But you never know if future a new breakthrough just like re-writable CDs.....

[@jopo6445]

@@testemail2155 Even if it became re-writable, that would take from the lasting forever bit, as you would degrade them every time you re-write them

[@victortellez4987]

Well with all that space honestly..... I don't even think you need to rewrite.

[@sammyspaniel6054]

It's amazing to consider where all of this will be in only 20 years.

[@sharishth]

Everyone: glass breaks, bye bye data Bullet proof glass: I am gonna do whats called progamer move.

[@PersonManManManMan]

Lil' glass platform was great artistic choice to present information in clear and transperant matter. Through prism of presenter I was able to glass through video and convert it only once without rewatching information about the future of data storage

[@ariweaver1543]

Wow! That was really interesting! :)

[@rafi7252]

Ant is our lab director

[@anuragawadhiya0]

Its good thing Mr robot ended before this tech

[@TrendRain]

Next level. I can only get excited and motivated about what future is going to bring

[@eatpizzanot]

Apple: Introducing... iGlass

[@78anurag]

"Our most innovative invention which definitely wasn't proposed by Microsoft 6 years before"

[@BltchErica]

I hope that when they finally make these they will shape them like diamonds or other precious stones so that we can carry huge loads of data in these little magical crystals.

[@michaellacock]

"The most resilient media" - Microsoft, 2019 Oops, I dropped it and it shattered into pieces. 😳

[@casinoroyal93]

It doesn't shatter btw

[@PhatOof]

Flat pieces of tempered glass won't shatter if you drop them - although would be easy to break... (Hence why they'd be in a casing, making them very hard to break) but hard drives break if you drop them hard too sooooo.

[@ls200076]

Same with harddrives.

[@gamingwithflash7902]

I'm really excited about this, if what they are claiming is true it will change so much about our current technology

[@badcapybara]

Man clearly ran out of storage in the house and was forced to build an office outside in the cold.

[@longnamedude3947]

Theres so much research going on in educational institutions around the entire globe, and, behind close doors in other environments, I am more surprised that this sort of information on these current technologies is only being openly discussed now. Theres things going on around us, that most people simply have no way of quantifying. Look beyond what's in front of you, create what's ahead of you.

[@hansamitamajee1930]

This should be combined with LI FI (Light Fiedility)

[@JosueRodriguez08]

How?

[@PythonPlusPlus]

I don’t think you understood. Watch the video again.

[@Squidhead]

Definitely, it’s my favorite thing to listen to while I study.

[@vadimbabic8268]

This is really great, terrific news Microsoft :) Quantum nature of light can be harnessed by using such network and storage technology, integrating it with photon based quantum computers operating (of course) light speed fast. Just imagine, that data preprocessing, computations and storage of the results will be done instantaneously, and only be limited by the physics of the light. Just imagine adding AI based on Quantum neurons to this equation, powerful, thrilling, outstanding!

[@erzan]

So Superman's Krypton 'crystal technology' was right. 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@Spamkromite]

I once thought obsidian could become data storages in the future. Thanks Microsoft for supporting my idea.