Its an unbelievable fact that 1 Gram of DNA Can Store 1,000,000,000 Terabyte of Data for 1000+ Years. Microsoft has purchased 10 Million strands of synthetic DNA, called
Oligonucleotides a.k.a. DNA molecules, from biology startup Twist and
collaborated with researchers from University of Washington to explore
the idea of using synthetic DNA to store huge amount of data in future.
As Microsoft is planning to drastically change the future of data storage technology as we know it today by DNA technology. The volume and rate of production of data being produced and stored
every day are so fast that the servers and hard drives needing to be
replaced periodically, potentially increasing the risk of corruption and
data loss.
According to stats, 5.4 zettabytes (4.4 trillion gigabytes) of digital
data, circulating and available worldwide, had been created by 2015, and
it will boost to 54 zettabytes (ZB) by 2020. There is a very common and serious question that
How will the world suppose to store this 10 times amount of data in next four years?
For this problem, Yes, Microsoft is planning to store data in DNA. Microsoft has partnered with scientists at the University of
Washington to focus on using DNA as a data storage medium, the companies
announced on Wednesday. The data storage density of DNA is enormously higher than conventional
storage systems, as just 1 gram of DNA can store close to 1 Billion
Terabytes of data.
Besides this, DNA is also remarkably robust, which means the data stored in DNA can stay intact and readable for as long as 1,000 to 10,000 years. According to Twist, all of the digital data that exists today could be stored in less than 20 grams of DNA. Though the technology is long away from ready for commercial products (so you will not see a DNA-powered smartphone anytime soon), the initial tests done by the company last fall demonstrated 100 percent of digital data encoded on DNA could be recovered, Microsoft Research's Doug Carmean said in the press release. Recently, the American Chemical Society said in a statement that storing data on DNA could last up to 2,000 years without deterioration.So lets see what happens to the new technology of data storing that is DNA technology.
Besides this, DNA is also remarkably robust, which means the data stored in DNA can stay intact and readable for as long as 1,000 to 10,000 years. According to Twist, all of the digital data that exists today could be stored in less than 20 grams of DNA. Though the technology is long away from ready for commercial products (so you will not see a DNA-powered smartphone anytime soon), the initial tests done by the company last fall demonstrated 100 percent of digital data encoded on DNA could be recovered, Microsoft Research's Doug Carmean said in the press release. Recently, the American Chemical Society said in a statement that storing data on DNA could last up to 2,000 years without deterioration.So lets see what happens to the new technology of data storing that is DNA technology.
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