# Biotech Takes Moore’s Law for a Ride

- Show: [EE Times Current](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current)
- Published: 2021-11-12
- Length: 49m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2021-11-12-biotech-takes-moores-law-for-a-ride
- Listen: https://www.eetimes.com/podcasts/wb-ep161/

## Summary

Barry Merriman and Paul Mola, founders of Roswell Biotechnologies, discuss their new molecular biosensor technology that integrates single molecules into standard CMOS chips to create scalable, low-cost biological testing devices. They explain how this platform enables everything from point-of-care diagnostics to home wellness monitoring and whole-genome sequencing for $100, leveraging the scalability of semiconductor manufacturing. The founders also detail their selection by IARPA to develop reading technology for DNA-based digital data storage, highlighting the potential for exabyte-scale archival solutions.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2021-11-12-biotech-takes-moores-law-for-a-ride#t=0) Introduction and Roswell Biotech Overview
- [8:05](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2021-11-12-biotech-takes-moores-law-for-a-ride#t=485) Vision for Home Wellness and Point-of-Care Testing
- [21:39](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2021-11-12-biotech-takes-moores-law-for-a-ride#t=1299) Technical Hurdles: Integrating Molecules onto CMOS
- [28:54](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2021-11-12-biotech-takes-moores-law-for-a-ride#t=1734) Scalability, Arrays, and the $100 Genome
- [40:27](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2021-11-12-biotech-takes-moores-law-for-a-ride#t=2427) DNA Data Storage and IARPA Partnership

## Topics

- [Sensors & measurement in products](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sensors)
- [PCB design & layout](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pcb-design)
- [Starting a product company](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/starting-a-company)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Validation & product-market fit](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/validation-and-product-market-fit)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Roswell Biotechnologies (company)
- Intel (company)
- Life Technologies (company)
- Thermal Fisher Scientific (company)
- Nvidia (company)
- TSMC (company)
- Sony (company)
- ViaSAT (company)
- Inmarsat (company)
- SpaceX (company)
- Amazon (company)
- Verizon (company)
- 23andMe (company)
- EverlyWell (company)
- Let's Get Checked (company)
- IARPA (company)
- Arduino (product)
- Arduino Portenta H7 (product)
- LTM (company)
- CMOS (other)

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