Microsoft’s ‘Project Silica’ Breakthrough Might Finally Kill Hard Drives – BGR

Computer scientists have been researching new and better ways to store information ever since, well, computers were invented. PC components have come a long way since computers needed hard drives the size of your washing machine, and the hard drive might become a dead form of media thanks to a recent advance in what Microsoft calls “Project Silica.” The goal behind Project Silica isn’t necessarily to create a data storage unit that can hold more data and recall it faster than the world’s largest SSD unit, but instead create a medium that can store data semi-indefinitely and a method to encode it. 

According to Microsoft, borosilicate glass was the best choice since it is “a permanent data storage material that is resistant to water, heat and…