Bioprocessors existing in nature are extremely powerful simply because they execute operations parallely. If we build a molecular matrix that execute massively parallel computation, then we can incorporate that matrix in the chip demonstrated here. The 16 horizontal electrodes will encode the input pattern or read the output pattern, at the same time, vertical top electrodes can also encode input pattern or write the output pattern.
The possibility of such distant control on the molecular state has been described in the paper Bandyopadhyay et al Global tuning of local molecular phenomena: An alternative approach to nano-bioelectronics, A. Bandyopadhyay, K. Nittoh, Y. Wakayama, S. Yagi, K. Miki, J. Phys. Chem. B, 110, 20852-57 (2006) and in the paper A new approach to extract multiple distinct conformers and co-existing distinct electronic properties of a single molecule by point-contact method A Bandyopadhyay, S Sahu, D Fujita, Y Wakayama, PCCP, 12, 2033 (2010) (cover page)
A patent of this device architecture has been filed. The number is JP-2006-19552 and the patent title is Vertical Parallel Processor.
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