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Scientists build DNA based computer

Posted by chrisd on from the computer?-you're-soaking-in-it dept.

Archangel Michael writes "Israeli scientists have built a DNA computer so tiny that a trillion of them could fit in a test tube and perform a billion operations per second with 99.8 percent accuracy. Yahoo News has the story"

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  1. I build DNA computers also... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    but the kids only have a 60% accuracy. My wife blames me...

    :(

  2. Re:Karma Whoring by Kengineer · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. Imagine a BEOWULF cluster of these!!!

    Ha ha.. I've heard that joke so many times, it's started to be really funny. I even say it at bars... someone points out the nice rack on this girl who walks in and I yell out "IMAGINE A BEOWULF CLUSTER OF THOSE!" and everyone gets real quiet and stares at me like I'm crazy or something....

    - kengineer

  3. It makes sense. by interstellar_donkey · · Score: 5, Funny
    A billion calculations per second...

    99.8% accurate.


    Which means it'll make 2 million mistakes every second.


    I think my bank and government use these.

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  4. Oh, great... by Dr.+Zowie · · Score: 5, Funny
    Just what we need: a computer that's capable of making 20,000,000 mistakes per second, mixed in with 9,980,000,000 right answers.

    How do you tell which ones are which?

  5. Re:Ouch! by RedWizzard · · Score: 5, Funny
    DNA can hold more information in a cubic centimetre than a trillion CDs.
    Just how much information can a trillion CDs fit in a cubic centimetre?
  6. Re:Karma Whoring by glwtta · · Score: 5, Funny

    that kinda made me think that 'rack-mount' can have some very different meanings...

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