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This document discusses nanocomputing and the potential of nanotechnology. It provides background on nanometre scale and how nanocomputing deals with computers at that scale. While no commercially available nanocomputers exist yet, many organizations are developing them. Nanocomputers could have vast storage and processing power in small sizes. Realizing this potential faces challenges of translating laboratory research to applications and developing new hardware and software over at least a decade of work.

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Nano Computing

This document discusses nanocomputing and the potential of nanotechnology. It provides background on nanometre scale and how nanocomputing deals with computers at that scale. While no commercially available nanocomputers exist yet, many organizations are developing them. Nanocomputers could have vast storage and processing power in small sizes. Realizing this potential faces challenges of translating laboratory research to applications and developing new hardware and software over at least a decade of work.

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Nanocomputing

By Ravin
Basics
➢
Nanotechnology is a group of sciences
dealing with nanometre-scale devices and
particles
➢
One nanometre is 0.000000001 of a metre
➢
Nanometre-scale usually indicates
measurements up to a few hundred
nanometres
➢
Nanocomputing deals with nanometre-
scale computers
Old school
➢
Colossus is usually
thought of as the
first modern
computer
➢
It used vacuum
tubes, thyratrons
and
photomultipliers
➢
Not that powerful
by today’s
standards
The next generation

➢
There are currently no commercially
available nanocomputers but many
organisations are developing them

➢
Nanocomputers have many uses, both
as products and as part of other
nanotechnologies such as bio-implants
and the proposed Starseed launcher
Great expectations?

In 2000, IBM announced a technique for


turning an iron-platinum alloy into the
magnetic equivalent of gold
This could have led to smaller, better hard
drives that work more efficiently than
traditional cobalt-platinum methods
Where is it?
Nanotechnology isn’t so easy to translate
from a laboratory to the real world
Why bother?
➢
Nanocomputing will change the
computing industry in many ways
➢
Existing technologies, like memory and
backing storage, will become even more
plentiful than they already are
➢
New technologies will be created to replace
obsolete machines
➢
New standards and architectures will be
needed to make use of the new systems
when they are created
➢
All of this requires enormous effort and
resources. So why bother?
Potential
➢
The simple answer is that it should be
worth it
➢
Nanocomputers could be small enough to
fit in a jacket pocket and still have
enough storage to fit all of today’s
Internet and more
➢
The same computer would have
processing capabilities surpassing today’s
supercomputers by far
➢
Not for at least 15 years, though
Is it really worth it?
➢
Huge processing power and massive
backing storage in a tiny box
➢
Guaranteed to be revolutionary and
guaranteed to open up new technologies
and allow existing ones to greatly
improve
➢
At least a decade away, probably much
more
➢
Both hardware and software require a
great deal of time and effort to develop
Questions?

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