Shots:

• Microsoft enters collaboration with Illumina- Twist- and Western Digital to establish a roadmap for the industry towards the wider use of DNA data storage. These companies are the founding members of the alliance
• Ten additional technology leaders join founding members to together advance industry roadmap- set the stage for widespread adoption of new long-term storage option
• The alliance announced at the virtual Flash Memory Summit- focus to set technology & formatting standards with the goal of building interoperable commercial systems capable of housing the exponential amounts of data expected to be generated in the future

­  Ref: Businesswire | Image: DNA Stack