Design of dynamic genetic memory

IET Syst Biol. 2017 Dec;11(6):182-189. doi: 10.1049/iet-syb.2017.0021.

Abstract

In electronic systems, dynamic random access memory (DRAM) is one of the core modules in the modern silicon computer. As for a bio-computer, one would need a mechanism for storage of bio-information named 'data', which, in binary logic, has two levels, logical high and logical low, or in the normalised form, '1' and '0'. This study proposes a possible genetic DRAM based on the modified electronic configuration, which uses the biological reaction to fulfil an equivalent RC circuit constituting a memory cell. The authors implement fundamental functions of the genetic DRAM by incorporating a genetic toggle switch for data hold. The results of simulation verify that the basic function can be used on a bio-storage module for the future bio-computer.

MeSH terms

  • Logic*
  • Neural Networks, Computer*