The next big innovation in hardware may be DNA-based storage. It gets 1 exabyte/gram of storage.

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The next big innovation in hardware may be DNA-based storage. It gets 1 exabyte/gram of storage.

Catalog, a Boston co, wrote 16GB of Wikipedia to DNA and achieved 1mbps write speeds.

Durability / energy are still issues, but we could store the internet in our palms.



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Source:
DNA Data Storage - PMC
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8191772/pdf/gkab230.pdf
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.04.20.440194v1.full.pdf



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It does, which is why durability is an issue to solve




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