While still in their infancy, DNA computers will be able to storing billions of times more information than your personal computer. In this news story, you'll learn how scientists are using genetic material to generate nano-computers that might take the place of silicon-based computers in the next decade.
Even as you read this news story, computer chip manufacturers are furiously racing to make the next microprocessor that will topple speed records. Ultimately, though, this competition is bound to hit a wall. Microprocessors made of silicon will finally reach their limits of speed & miniaturization. Chip makers need a new material to produce faster computing speeds.
You won't think where scientists have found the new material they need to build the next generation of microprocessors. Millions of natural supercomputers exist inside living organisms, including your body. DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) molecules, the material our genes are made of, have the potential to perform calculations plenty of times faster than the world's most powerful human-built computers. DNA might day be integrated in to a computer chip to generate a so-called biochip that will push computers even faster. DNA molecules have already been harnessed to perform complex mathematical issues.
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