Microsoft’s Glass Data Breakthrough Leaves MSFT Shares Largely Unmoved
TL;DR
Microsoft’s Project Silica stores data in borosilicate glass, potentially enabling 10,000-year durability; early tests show 4.8 terabytes on a small glass sample at about 3.13 MB/s write speed. Investors reacted modestly with MSFT stock slipping, though analysts remain bullish with a Strong Buy consensus and a roughly $593 target, suggesting substantial upside despite the current move.
- “Project Silica” Breakthrough Does Little Good for Microsoft Stock (NASDAQ:MSFT) TipRanks
- Laser writing in glass for dense, fast and efficient archival data storage Nature
- Microsoft can now store data for 10,000 years on everyday glass thanks to laser breakthrough Live Science
- Stone, parchment or laser-written glass? Scientists find new way to preserve data The Guardian
- Project Silica’s advances in glass storage technology featured in Nature Microsoft
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