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Digital and biological storage systems – a quantitative comparison

The talk will present a quantitative comparison of digital/electronic and biological storage
systems. Two biological storage systems will be included: DNA and brain memory. First we
will show some opinions on brain-computer relationship from the past (including views of
Turing, von Neumann, Schrödinger). In the main part of the talk, we will discuss different
storage aspects, mostly quantitative, such as: organization, functionality, data density,
capacity, power consumption, redundancy, integrity, access time and data transfer rate.
Numerous analogies between biological and electronic storage systems will be pointed out.
Finally, we will try to answer some general questions: Are there any common features of
diverse storage systems? Does computer storage match brain capabilities? Is there a joint
future of diverse storage systems?