Silicon vs. DNA Microprocessors

• Silicon microprocessors have been the heart of the computing world for over 40 years. In that time, manufacturers have crammed increasingly electronic devices onto their microprocessors. In accordance with Moore's Law, the number of electronic devices put on a microprocessor has doubled every 18 months. Moore's Law is named after Intel founder Gordon Moore, who predicted in 1965 that microprocessors would double in complexity every years. Plenty of have predicted that Moore's Law will soon reach its finish, because of the physical speed & miniaturization limitations of silicon microprocessors.
• DNA computers have the potential to take computing to new levels, picking up where Moore's Law leaves off. There's several advantages to using DNA in lieu of silicon:
• As long as there's cellular organisms, there will always be a supply of DNA.The giant supply of DNA makes it an affordable resource.
• Unlike the poisonous materials used to make traditional microprocessors, DNA biochips can be made cleanly.
• DNA computers are plenty of times smaller than today's computers.DNA's key advantage is that it will make computers smaller than any computer that has come before them, while simultaneously holding more information. pound of DNA has the capacity to store more information than all the electronic computers ever built & the computing power of a teardrop-sized DNA computer, using the DNA logic gates, will be more powerful than the world's most powerful supercomputer. Over ten trillion DNA molecules can fit in to an area no larger than one cubic centimeter (0.06 cubic inches). With this small amount of DNA, a computer would be able to hold ten terabytes of information, & perform ten trillion calculations at a time. By adding more DNA, more calculations could be performed.

Unlike conventional computers, DNA computers perform calculations parallel to other calculations. Conventional computers operate linearly, taking on tasks separately. It is parallel computing that allows DNA to solve complex mathematical issues in hours, whereas it might take electrical computers hundreds of years to complete them.

The first DNA computers are unlikely to feature word processing, e-mailing & solitaire programs. In lieu, their powerful computing power will be used by national governments for cracking secret codes, or by airlines desirous to map more efficient routes. Studying DNA computers may also lead us to a better understanding of a more complex computer -- the human brain.