From: utzoo!decvax!duke!bcw
Newsgroups: net.arch
Title: Re: Biochips... or bull chips?
Article-I.D.: duke.2951
Posted: Wed Jan 26 22:15:49 1983
Received: Sun Jan 30 07:35:28 1983
References: brunix.1295

From:	Bruce C. Wright @ Duke University
Re:	Biochips

This story was going around about a year ago and that paper apparently
just managed to dig it up.  What the device (projected device might be
more accurate) is is a chip in which the components are molecular, like
in an organic cell (i. e., each component like a gate or whatever is a
separate, discrete molecule rather than a collection of molecules/atoms
as in a normal device).  I think that the components were made of bio-
logical-like material (carbon compounds?).  The last I heard it was
considered rather a long time away (10-15 years or so) even by its own
developers;  it's not even clear that all of the quantum mechanical/
fabrication problems can be solved.  They're quite serious, but it's not
yet clear that it is practical.

			Bruce C. Wright @ Duke University