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For instance, it wants to build palm-sized cartridges that can store 10,000TB of data.

How does Cerebyte’s ceramics-based storage work?

A slate from a line of storage media being removed

This demo system comprises a single read-write rack for storage accessibility as well as several library racks.

The firm used only commercial off-the-shelf equipment to build it.

These cartridges are kept in a robotic library.

When data needs to be written, the cartridge is moved from the library rack to the read-write rack.

The cartridge is opened and out comes the data carrier, which is positioned on a stage.

This process imprints holes or no holes onto the surface layer, which represents binary information.

When fully written, the data carrier is inserted back into the cartridge and transferred back to the library.

Thebest hard drivesandbest SSDs, by contrast, need to be replaced every few years.

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