Table 1 Comparison of DNA to other means of digital data storage table and data taken from [9]
From: Data and image storage on synthetic DNA: existing solutions and challenges
Hard disk | Flash memory | Bacterial DNA | |
|---|---|---|---|
Read/write speed (\(\mu\)s/bit) | \(\sim\) 3,000-5,000 | \(\sim\) 100 | < 100 |
Data retention (years) | > 10 | > 10 | > 100 |
Power usage (watts per gigabyte) | \(\sim\) 0.04 | \(\sim\) 0.01–0.04 | \(<\, 10^{-\text {10}}\) |
Data density (bits per cm\(^3\)) | \(\sim \, 10^{\text {13}}\) | \(\sim \, 10^{\text {16}}\) | \(\sim \,10^{\text {19}}\) |