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Detailed explanation-1: -Today, I’m going to talk about DNA data storage, that is storing digital data into synthetic DNA. This is a collaboration between Microsoft and University of Washington, and together we created MISL, the Molecular Information Systems Lab.

Detailed explanation-2: -Windows DNA, short for Windows Distributed interNet Applications Architecture, is a marketing name for a collection of Microsoft technologies that enable the Windows platform and the Internet to work together.

Detailed explanation-3: -“We have developed the first nanoscale DNA storage writer, which we expect to scale DNA write density to 25 × 106 sequences per square centimeter, three orders of magnitude improvement over existing DNA synthesis arrays” authors Karin Strauss and Bichlien Nguyen wrote, alongside their 14 co-authors (listed below**).

Detailed explanation-4: -In late 2020, technology leaders Twist Bioscience, Illumina, Microsoft, and Western Digital joined forces to create the DNA Data Storage Alliance. The organization grew to more than 60 member companies and recently joined the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) as a SNIA Technology Affiliate group.

Detailed explanation-5: -Capable of storing 215 petabytes (215 million gigabytes) in a single gram of DNA, the system could, in principle, store every bit of datum ever recorded by humans in a container about the size and weight of a couple of pickup trucks. But whether the technology takes off may depend on its cost.