The NovaSeq X is NOT Super-Resolution?
In yesterday’s post I wrote that it seems likely that the super-resolution technology from the NextSeq 2000 was migrated to the NovaSeq X. Someone on the Discord said they didn’t think this was the case, so I went hunting further…
Illumina themselves have stated that the NovaSeq X has “ our highest-resolution optics”1. They also say that the X has 320% higher density than the 6000. Which would put it near NextSeq 2000 density:
However,