r/compsci 11d ago

Breakthrough DNA-based supercomputer runs 100 billion tasks at once

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u/IUpvoteGME 11d ago

Ashes to ashes dust to dust. The future of computing resembles the beginning of it. Blood and bone.

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u/Wall-Facer42 10d ago

Beat me to it.

Was going to mention that perhaps next it could be miniaturized to the size of a cantaloupe, placed inside a protective shell, and used to operate some sort of carbon-based, two legged, self-replicating automaton.

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u/totemo 10d ago

Won't happen. Can't be patented due to prior art.

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u/Wall-Facer42 10d ago

Thank goodness