DNAssim: A Full System Simulator for DNA Data Storage

Explore a 52-minute conference talk from the Storage Developer Conference (SDC2022) that delves into DNAssim, a comprehensive simulator for DNA-based data storage systems. Learn about the complexities of digital data processing in DNA storage, focusing on encoding and decoding steps that differ significantly from traditional Flash storage. Understand how the simulator addresses the statistical nature of DNA storage errors, including insertions, deletions, and substitutions, while evaluating various encoding and decoding strategies. Follow along as speakers Alessia Marelli and Rino Micheloni from DNAalgo demonstrate DNA storage simulations, explain DNA noise models, and showcase hardware acceleration techniques using FPGA. Discover the Wagner Fischer algorithm for edit distance evaluation, examine information channel examples, and understand the importance of hardware/software co-simulation in DNA storage systems. The presentation covers practical aspects of DNA storage implementation, from software driver design to FPGA utilization, providing valuable insights into this emerging storage technology.