• Sphotonix’s 5D optical storage media has appeared on the latest installment of Mission Impossible
• A rare feat for a new product, its appearance is central to the movie plot
• Like Microsoft Silica, it uses silica based material to store up to 360TB per glass platter

Storage startup Sphotonix has landed itself a money-can’t-buy starring role in the big-budget Hollywood movie “Mission Impossible, The Final Reckoning,” where it ended up being part of the actual scenario rather than a disposable, forgettable prop.

(No spoiler alerts) In it, its core product, a 5D optical storage media is used to store a critical element of the movie plot, potentially for billions of years.