UK-based startup SPhotonix was formed in 2024 to commercialize what's known as 5D optical data storage, often referred to as "memory crystals." Essentially, the technique encodes ...

SPhotonix is working towards commercializing its 5D optical "memory crystal" technology that uses lasers to write nanoscale data into durable fused‑silica glass. One 5‑inch disc can hold 360TB. The ...

Alternative long-term media include optical discs rated for 5 to 100 years, with M-DISC advertising a lifespan of 1,000 years; however, nobody alive today can verify this claim. Current prototypes of ...

Hard drives and flash storage have gotten more reliable over the years, but only on a human timescale. What if we need data storage that lasts longer? Decades? Millennia? The key to that might be 5D ...

NEWARK, Del., Dec. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- SPhotonix, a fast growing deep tech start-up, has announced the successful completion of their over-subscribed $4.5 million pre-seed round led by Creator ...

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Data in 5D Optical Memory is intended to last for millennia. The US company SPhotonix is thus competing against rivals such as Cerabyte and Microsoft. Can data be stored for millennia? The 5D Optical ...

Optical beams carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM) attract widespread attention and play an important role in optical data storage, optical communications, quantum information processing, ...

SPhotonix, the US-headquartered startup company looking to commercialize “5D” or “Superman” ultra-stable optical data storage technology originally developed at the University of Southampton in the UK ...