🚀 go-pugleaf

> The only reason to talk about fiber is that we have fiber drivers now;
> but if we had the photonic switching technology necessary to use it as
> a storage medium efficiently, it would be easier to use free-space
> storage (bounce the beam around between mirrors).  At a reasonable
> limit for visible light you can store a bit in about a 5-micron cube
> of empty space; this gives you 100 terabytes in an (empty!) 20-inch box.
> 
> Need those switches, though.

Sounds pretty neat.  The cube will need, however, a *real good* battery
backup to keep those power glitches from dropping the 100 terabytes into the
bit bucket.

joe korty
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