DNA Data Storage Terminal ArchiveBio Launches: 1 Gram of DNA Stores 215 PB of Data for Millennia
US biotech company Catalog Technologies launches ArchiveBio, the first commercial DNA data storage terminal, encoding digital data into DNA sequences at room temperature with storage density one million times that of traditional hard drives.
US biotech company Catalog Technologies launched the first commercial DNA data storage terminal ArchiveBio on May 28, 2029. The $48,000 desktop device encodes digital data into DNA sequences at room temperature, with 1 gram of DNA capable of storing 215 PB of data — one million times the density of traditional hard drives.
ArchiveBio uses Catalog Technologies' proprietary "parallel DNA writing" technology, achieving data write speeds of 4 GB per second — 80 times faster than previous laboratory systems. For reading, the device's built-in nanopore sequencing module can decode 1 TB of data within 30 minutes.
Initial customers include the US National Archives and JPMorgan Chase. The National Archives plans to use ArchiveBio to store digital copies of historical documents; DNA media can remain stable for over 1,000 years under proper storage conditions, far exceeding the 10-to-30-year lifespan of tape and optical discs.
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