DNA micro chips by IBM to make computers efficient and cheaper

International Business Machines or better known as IBM have come out with a new path-breaking advancement in the history of semiconductor industry. They have come up with the new self-organizing DNA micro chips that will allow the chip makers to give more power and speed to the semiconductors and at the same time make them less expensive. Additionally, it was revealed that since most of the products today promote eco-friendly features, this innovative micro chip will also be energy efficient which will consume less power but provide the same  amount of output.

In the current market scenario, semiconductor industry and many of the chip makers are facing problems related to making micro chips which are smaller than 22 nanometers. Also, the semiconductor manufacturers are trying to research and explore new class of transistors that can work with silicon nanowires or carbon nanotubes. What IBM has achieved here by making DNA micro chips is that these chip makers will now have to deposit carbon nanotubes on the chip itself that will self-assemble into patterns by sticking to the DNA molecules. This will help the semiconductor industry to reach sub-22 nanometers lithography.

This ground-breaking achievement by IBM works on simple logic that the DNA molecules will now work as tiny circuit boards and serve as scaffolds. Hence, chip makers can assemble the components like carbon nanotubes, silicon nanowires and nanoparticles in areas which are smaller which could not be possible with conventional chip fabrication methods.

This means that computers in the future will be faster, cheaper and more efficient than what they are at the moment. This innovative method will definitely help chip makers to produce DNA micro chips that would be smaller, efficient and brings down the overall cost of production drastically.