December 16, 2014, IEDM, San Francisco—Anette Grot from Pacific BioSciences defined the requirements and possible roadmap for the image sensors that will be used in high-throughput, massively-parallel DNA sequencing. The technology trends and improvements in capabilities related to Moore’s Law have enabled tremendous increases in DNA processing. First, a background on gene sequencing. A sample…
September 15, 2014, Storage Developer Conference, Santa Clara, CA—Sanjay Joshi from EMC2 Isilon proposed the use of DNA for long-term archive. This assertion is supported by a number of factors including costs per bit equivalent, long-term reliability, and the growing need for archival storage. One interesting development is that the costs of DNA sequencing are…
January 2014 – At CES in Las Vegas, Monster had a number of surprises at their press conference this year. The first was the relaunch of their original retro-logo for Monster Cable for cable products. The retro logo is being accompanied by retro styled cables with the classic Monster connectors that were introduced with those…
May 25, 2011, Connectivity Week, Santa Clara, CA—Mikey McManus from MAYA Design tried to answer the question “What would the future be like if we built our trillion node world with nature’s approach to information liquidity?” To start, everyone agrees that the smart grid and the Internet of Things are complex beasts. One thing we…