Table 1 Comparison of various storage technologies (existing and proposed).

From: Performance analysis of DNA crossbar arrays for high-density memory storage applications

Nature of technology

2D Density (bits/inch2)

3D Density (bits/inch3)

Random** access

Read$$ time

Lifetime (years)

Conventional

 ~ 101243

 ~ 10944

Yes

Low

 > 1045

DNA-in-solution

##6.04 × 10226

No

High

 > 100 (at 25 °C)

##1.07 × 102346

 > 1000 (at < 10 °C)

##1.18 × 10247

44

RRAM crossbar

4.5 × 101247

Yes

Low

 > 1045

4.1 × 101248

4.2 × 101249

DNA&& crossbar (this work)

3.47 × 1012 (12 nm)

7.35 × 1018 (12 nm)

Yes

Low

 > 100 (at 25 °C)

4.72 × 1012 (10 nm)

1 × 1019 (10 nm)

 > 1000 (at < 10 °C)

6.78 × 1012 (8 nm)

1.44 × 1019 (8 nm)

44

  1. ##For 3D density of DNA-in-solution technology, bulk density is that of pure water. $$Read time is classified to be ‘High’ if it is > 1 h and ‘Low’ if it is < 10 ns. &&2D and 3D density metrics for DNA crossbar storage are based on topological and DNA parameters. Italicized numbers (8 nm, 10 nm, 12 nm) refer to the half-pitch of the crossbar array.