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		Someone 19 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft team creates data-storage system that la... Depends somewhat on the read speed, too. Extreme example: if that is one bit per year, it doesn’t matter that you can write stuff on it.

dyauspitr 19 days ago [–]

I imagine if you can use lasers to etch at that speed, you can use them to read at similar speeds as well.

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