Molecular Data Storage at Archival Timescales: A Review of Density, Retrieval Latency and Error Correction

Authors

  • Cecil Erkel Centre for Unconventional Computing, Koszeg Institute for Future Science, Koszeg, Hungary Author
  • Vasiliki-M Karamanlakis Centre for Unconventional Computing, Samothrace Centre for Anticipatory Research, Samothraki, Greece Author
  • Feliks Dudkiewicz Department of Information Security, Bory Tucholskie Institute for Future Science, Tuchola, Poland Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22674714

Keywords:

Molecular Data Storage at Archival Timescales; Future science and technology; Evidence synthesis; Reproducibility; Research methodology

Abstract

There is real interest in molecular data storage at archival timescales right now, and real uncertainty about exactly where it
delivers the most value. We pull together the current evidence for molecular data storage at archival timescales, covering the
methodological, practical, regulatory and cost angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely settled and where researchers
and reviewers are still largely working it out for themselves. Selective, context-specific pursuit looks better supported by the
evidence gathered here than either broad rollout or blanket avoidance.

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