DNA-based chemical computing could revolutionize the IT industry

As volumes of data grow the resources needed to handle the associated computing and storage requirements are coming under increasing scrutiny, particularly in regard to their energy usage. But maybe there's another way of doing things. Boston-based CATALOG is a leader in DNA-based digital data storage and has just secured $35 million in funding to progress the development of a computing platform where both data management and computation occur through the manipulation of synthetic DNA. Chemical-based DNA computing systems offer 'air-gapped' protection, are immune to traditional electronic security vulnerabilities, have a low physical footprint and consume little -- and in… [Continue Reading]