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8Hz? 8-bit? Yeah, well, otherwise, the chip would be melting under the heat.
The First Plastic Computer Processor - Technology ReviewThe processor can so far run only one simple program of 16 instructions. The commands are hardcoded into a second foil etched with plastic circuits that can be connected to the processor to "load" the program. This allows the processor to calculate a running average of an incoming signal, something that a chip involved in processing the signal from a sensor might do, says Genoe. The chip runs at a speed of six hertz-on the order of a million times slower than a modern desktop machine-and can only process information in eight-bit chunks at most, compared to 128 bits for modern computer processors.
Not really Impressive when you consider that researchers have been working on "Bio" cell based processing for quite some time.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/st...computers.html
This is but one example of what they are working on for many years now.
More along the lines of this- http://wn.com/Biocomputer
but that is a very simplistic view of what is being worked on, and the uses they will be used in.
puny maybe - but the further development of nanotechnology and the potential conductive properties in plastics is huge.
we can replace rare and limited resources with enhanced plastics for computing - it's use in mobile devices and medicine would have potential
Quantum computing, biological processing, wohoo! How exciting!