Conclusions (con’t)

• What if we change the information representation?

  • Use transistors as more than switches
    • Find alternative ways of computing in silicon
    • More computations per transistor
  • We certainly aren’t close to the computational potential of silicon

• What if we use alternative paradigms?

  • The subject of this class
    • Build chips like biology builds brains?
    • Use quantum effects of microscopic particles?
    • Use molecules (DNA) for computation?

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