Microsoft and University of Washington (UW) researchers have demonstrated the ability to use synthetic DNA as a form of archival storage for data.

If the technology can be made robust enough for mainstream use, it would be possible to take a Walmart-sized supercenter filled with today’s highest capacity data storage devices and shrink it to the size of a sugar cube, the researchers said.

“We think the time is ripe to consider DNA-based storage seriously and explore system designs and architectural implications,” the researchers wrote in their paper.

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