Can you imagine DNA being used as logic gates…..YES!!! You got that right ‘LOGIC GATES’ and yes not only that imagine DNA used for performing complex calculations improving computational speed…..Well let me tell you THIS IS ALL HAPPENING!!!
DNA Computing is developed by Leonard Adleman of the University of Southen California, in 1994.Since then DNA Computing has been successfully tested and used to solve various problems of which one being the Hamiltonian path problem known to most.
DNA computing is a form of computing which uses DNA molecules instead of logic circuits i.e. DNA can be used to built the basic logic gates which include AND, OR, NOT. The main benefit of using DNA computers to solve complex problems is that different possible solutions are created all at once. This is known as parallel processing.DNA computing is used instead of the traditional silicon-based computer technologies. It will have a far reaching effect on the computers and the computing speed as computers will then be smaller and faster than they have ever been.
Talking about the computing speed and to give you a brief idea about the power of DNA Computing I would like you to know that more than 10 trillion DNA molecules can fit into an area no larger than 1 cubic centimeter. With this, a DNA computer could hold 10 terabytes of data and perform 10 trillion calculations at a time.
The biological cell is regarded as an entity that resembles a sophisticated computer. DNA consists of two strands. There are four amino acid bases that are constituents of DNA, traditionally represented by the letters A, T, C, and G.
The two strands act as the input: each represents a 1 when present or a 0 when absent. The response to their presence or absence represents the output, which can also be a 1 or 0.
Adelman's example (Hamiltonian path problem) that provided the very first development in this field is regarded as the first example of true nanotechnology.
Looking at the research enhancements in the field of DNA computing I would like to say that it would just a matter of time that we see tiny drop of solution containing this molecules solve complex problems that mankind faces today.
DNA Computing is developed by Leonard Adleman of the University of Southen California, in 1994.Since then DNA Computing has been successfully tested and used to solve various problems of which one being the Hamiltonian path problem known to most.
DNA computing is a form of computing which uses DNA molecules instead of logic circuits i.e. DNA can be used to built the basic logic gates which include AND, OR, NOT. The main benefit of using DNA computers to solve complex problems is that different possible solutions are created all at once. This is known as parallel processing.DNA computing is used instead of the traditional silicon-based computer technologies. It will have a far reaching effect on the computers and the computing speed as computers will then be smaller and faster than they have ever been.
Talking about the computing speed and to give you a brief idea about the power of DNA Computing I would like you to know that more than 10 trillion DNA molecules can fit into an area no larger than 1 cubic centimeter. With this, a DNA computer could hold 10 terabytes of data and perform 10 trillion calculations at a time.
The biological cell is regarded as an entity that resembles a sophisticated computer. DNA consists of two strands. There are four amino acid bases that are constituents of DNA, traditionally represented by the letters A, T, C, and G. The two strands act as the input: each represents a 1 when present or a 0 when absent. The response to their presence or absence represents the output, which can also be a 1 or 0.
Adelman's example (Hamiltonian path problem) that provided the very first development in this field is regarded as the first example of true nanotechnology.
Looking at the research enhancements in the field of DNA computing I would like to say that it would just a matter of time that we see tiny drop of solution containing this molecules solve complex problems that mankind faces today.
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