Title :
The future of computing: new architectures and new technologies.1. Biology versus silicon
Author_Institution :
Foresight & Scenarios, BTexact Technol., Ipswich, UK
fDate :
4/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Current computing architectures and technologies have been enormously successful in changing our ways of working and living. Yet all technologies have their limitations, and there are many computing problems which demand a new approach. This article looks at how new insight from biology and new organic and inorganic computing substrates could change the face of computing. New technologies, based on molecular and biological sciences as well as quantum physics, are vying to replace silicon, or at least coexist with it and extend its capability
Keywords :
computer architecture; neural nets; quantum computing; biological sciences; biology; computing architectures; inorganic computing substrates; molecular sciences; neural networks; organic computing substrates; quantum computing; quantum physics; silicon;
Journal_Title :
Engineering Science and Education Journal
DOI :
10.1049/esej:20020202
