The world’s data is growing too quickly for our current storage mechanisms. Humans generate hundreds of millions of bytes of data every day. We overload servers that take up a large amount of physical space, power, and energy. A recent breakthrough in DNA data storage may hold the answer—in a much smaller and more durable medium than giant data centers.Take the Leap from Hardware to Bioware
The world’s data is growing too quickly for our current storage mechanisms. Humans generate hundreds of millions of bytes of data every day. We overload servers that take up a large amount of physical space, power, and energy. A recent breakthrough in DNA data storage may hold the answer—in a much smaller and more durable medium than giant data centers. Take the Leap from Hardware to Bioware Microsoft is researching a technique that makes it possible to store hundreds of megabytes of data in strands of DNA. Microsoft sees DNA as a realistic potential replacement for magnetic tape (our current long-term data storage technique). Enterprises continue to crank out data and build storage centers around the world.
