Nucleic acid memory

Victor Zhirnov; Reza M Zadegan; Gurtej S Sandhu; George M Church; William L Hughes

doi:10.1038/nmat4594

Nucleic acid memory

Nat Mater. 2016 Apr;15(4):366-70. doi: 10.1038/nmat4594.

Authors

Victor Zhirnov¹, Reza M Zadegan², Gurtej S Sandhu³, George M Church⁴, William L Hughes²

Affiliations

¹ Semiconductor Research Corporation, 1101 Slater Road, Durham, North Carolina 27703, USA.
² Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, Idaho 83725-2090, USA.
³ Micron Technology, Inc., PO Box 6, 8000 South Federal Way, Boise, Idaho 83707-0006, USA.
⁴ Department of Genetics, Harvard University, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.

Abstract

Nucleic acid memory has a retention time far exceeding electronic memory. As an alternative storage media, DNA surpasses the information density and energy of operation offered by flash memory.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Information Storage and Retrieval*
Nucleic Acids / chemistry*

Substances

Nucleic Acids

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Substances

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