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It sounds like this might never be viable in the consumer space. Pity. The world is more cloud-centered than I'd like as it is. I want 1PB in my pocket!
This also sounds like permanent write memory with real only after that. No re-write.
Yes, the CeraByte web site is suspiciously devoid of any mention of rewrite-ability (or lack thereof). They just mention reading and writing. https://www.cerabyte.com/how-it-works/
More questions than answers, looking through their web site.
After a few minutes of duckduckgoing it, it looks like they are a new company still in the funding phase. They are due to present at the Storage Developer Conference later this month, but I'm not sure they actually have a product yet. https://storagedeveloper.org/events/agenda/session/527
In the abstract they focus on cold storage, but also mention "the ability to fully recycle the media".
That's not nothing though. Use cases like YouTube or archival work absolutely had a use case for read only
For sure. Also, if the density is sufficiently high compared to alternatives, it could be objectively better anyway. For instance, a typical SSD is rated for less than 1000 full write cycles. So if I have a write-once media with more than 1000 times the space, I'll be able to write more to it even in the worst-case scenario.
Huh, pair that with some quality memory for indexing and it would be a pretty good home backup device
All you need is an electron beam microscope. Simple home setup. I don’t see this coming to home users in the near and semi- near future.
In the film industry, long term storage of digital films is a real issue. Disney still creates a technicolor (3strip) copy of their films as digital data isn’t as reliable as good old silver emulation.
Depending on necessary speed, Tape Drives fit that use case pretty well. This feels like it could be a slight improvement on that format, but it’ll entirely depend on density
It makes sense from a layman’s perspective on why it can’t be rewritten, but this is really just a single write storage mechanism. May be really good for archival data, but anything that needs active use is probably far from feasible
They said the same thong about ssds for mass storage. Granted this tech is dramatically different. But we went from coffee table sized laser disks in the 90s to psp disc's in the 2000s. That's like a 1:100 size reduction and at a 1000 x data storage rate. Who knows what the future stores.