Microsoft Research has been conducting various researches on saving data to DNA format for a while, and it has been expressing the difficulties it has experienced that it has not been so easy until now. But the company has found a way to read and write data faster in DNA format, which brings humanity one step closer to the commercial point of DNA storage.
Microsoft Research, which has had many difficulties in terms of how DNA can survive as a data storage medium, how much and at what speed it can be synthesized, announced in a published detailed article that they have found a new method to write DNA 1,000 times faster than before. The new method allows to write data to DNA at much higher speed, which reduces the cost.
Stating that synthetic DNA is an attractive environment for long-term data storage due to its density, ease of copying, sustainability and longevity, Microsoft Research stated that DNA synthesis will enable write outputs to reach megabytes per second and is an important facilitator for a practical DNA data storage system. is doing.
On the subject, a Microsoft spokesperson said, “We are just at the beginning of this research. Although our initial findings encourage us, we do not have data to share about future plans at the point of commercialization,” he says, noting that storing information in DNA in the long term is a better way than the magnetic tapes companies use today. .
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