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LetРІР‚в„ўs start fresh with a look atthe most refined and efficient model of a biological supercomputer that existstoday: the human brain. It is irrelevant to the new computingmodels we are going to explore.

We will speak no more of the CPUРІР‚в„ўs chip speed. Inorder to define what a supercomputer is, first we must leave behind the oldstyle of measuring computing speed and power. The term supercomputer is widely used buteven more widely misunderstood. And if this possibilityof such huge increases of a computer microchip exists, then what many wouldcall a super computer becomes achievable. Science newswriter Tim McDonald asserts that 'molecules are only a few nanometers insize, and it is possible to make chips containing billions, or even trillions,of switches and components.' From this statement it would seemlogical to assume that this new molecular technology has the possibility toincrease the capacity of a single chip by factors measured in themillions.

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Today the state-of-the-art Pentium 4based PC chip touts speeds up to 2000mhz.Р”В®nter the field of molecular computing,and the ability to pack billions more circuits onto a microchip than everthought possible. Followingthis model, a megahertz is a million cycles or computations per second, and agigahertz represents one billion cycles or computations per second. 60Hz would represent 60 cycles orinstructions per second. Each cycle representsa single instruction, which may be as simple as the addition of two numbers, orone of millions of instructions created by a computerРІР‚в„ўs software. A single hertz (Hz) is one completedcycle per second. Today the computing capability of the computer chiphas been embraced by consumers and industry alike in the clock speed of the PCChip, measured in the frequency of hertz. Now a single printed circuit on the surface of achip is down to 0.1 micron, about 1,000 times thinner than a human hair. Thispower was attained by leaps in miniaturization, squeezing more and morecircuits onto a single chip. TodayРІР‚в„ўs state-of-the-art personalcomputers are based on the refined technology surrounding the development ofthe silicon computer chip. Finallywe will look at how this cutting edge technology might be adopted in thefuture, and who would be most likely to make use of bio-computers. In this article we will examine the currentdevelopments of bio-computing, followed by the key scientific principles andapplications of molecular technology that makes this potential revolution incomputing power possible. The impact ofnano-technology production could not only alter how we manufacture computercomponents, but might spread to other forms of manufacturing as well. Nano-computers of the future mayhave the capacity to impact and alter desktop computing forever, throughminiaturization that could bring huge increases of computing capacity, power,storage and speed. By Dave Reiss Final Paper 12/10/01 Digital Economy, Fall 2001Р”Р„s we reach thetechnically feasible limits of the current electronic technology of the desktopcomputer, a new breed of biologically based bacterial

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