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The Intrigue Of DNA Origami At IBM
When it comes to the technology that runs our computers it’s all about the size and strength of your chips. The driving challenge for all computer chip makers is to get smaller faster and stronger which has led to some great technological advances over the years.
For example the recent announcement of the reduced price for the PS3 and the new slim model. All that was made possible by the fact that Sony was able to reduce the original cell chip at 65 nanometer to the reported 45 nanometer cell chip that is in the lighter, smaller and more energy efficient PS3 slim.
DNA Origami
To that end the news that IBM is working on what they call DNA Origami to bring about the next generation of ultra tiny power chips to market. The idea behind this DNA origami is to mimic the way actual human DNA is laid out in a fold enabling the chip maker to create a much smaller and denser chip. They give the example of a present day 22 nanometer chip that when done with the DNA origami way can be a measly 6 nanometers.
I don’t know about you but anything that can bring down the price of my gadgets and computers is exciting news to me!
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