FUTURE OF NANO
COMPUTING
Now-a-days nano technology is one of the fastest growing field in
sciene and technology.Nanotechnology is employed in any field of science and
technology.It is widely used in
automobiles,medicine,chemistry,physics&other branches of science and technology.But
now-a-days scientists are employing the nanotechnology in the field of computers
which in future gives rise to NANOCOMPUTING
In the
past twenty years, there has been a dramatic increase in the processing speed
of computers, network
capacity and the speed of
the internet. These advances have paved the way for the revolution of fields
such as quantum physics, artificial intelligence and nanotechnology. These advances
will have a profound effect on the way we live and work, the virtual reality we
see in movies like the Matrix, may actually come true in the next decade
NANOCOMPUTERS:
A component of nanotechnology,
nanocomputing will give rise to four types of nanocomputers:
• Electronic nanocomputers
• Chemical and Biochemical nanocomputers
• Mechanical nanocomputers
• Quantum nanocomputers
• Chemical and Biochemical nanocomputers
• Mechanical nanocomputers
• Quantum nanocomputers
Electronic
nanocomputers
Eletronic nanocomputers are created through microscopic circuits using nanolithography. [Nanocomputers]
Eletronic nanocomputers are created through microscopic circuits using nanolithography. [Nanocomputers]
Chemical and Biochemical nanocomputers:
The interaction between different
chemicals and their structures is used to store and process information in
chemical nanocomputers. In order to create a chemical nanocomputer, engineers
need to be able to control individual atoms and molecules so that these atoms
and molecules can be made to perform controllable calculations and data storage
tasks.
Mechanical nanocomputers:
A mechanical nanocomputer uses
tiny mobile components called nanogears to encode information. Some scientists
predict that such mechanical nanocomputers will be used to control nanorobots.
Quantum nanocomputers:
A quantum nanocomputer store data
in the form of atomic quantum states or spin. Single-electron memory (SEM) and
quantum dots are examples of this type of technology.
Humanizing Nanocomputers:
• SPRAY-ON NANO COMPUTERS:
Consider that research is being
done at the Ediburgh University to create "spray-on
computers the size of a grain of sand” that will transform information
technology. The research team aims to achieve this goal within four
years.
When these nanocomputers are sprayed on to the chests of coronary patients, the tiny cells record a patient’s health and transmit information back to a hospital computer. This would enable doctors to monitor heart patients who are living at home.
When these nanocomputers are sprayed on to the chests of coronary patients, the tiny cells record a patient’s health and transmit information back to a hospital computer. This would enable doctors to monitor heart patients who are living at home.
QUANTUM COMPUTERS:
By computing many different
numbers simultaneously and then interfering the results to get a single answer,
a quantum computer can perform a large number of operations in parallel and
ends up being much more powerful than a digital computer of the same
size.
"In the tiny spaces inside atoms, the ordinary rules of reality ... no longer hold. Defying all common sense, a single particle can be in two places at the same time. And so, while a switch in a conventional computer can be either on or off, representing 1 or 0, a quantum switch can paradoxically be in both states at the same time, saying 1 and 0.... Therein lies the source of the power." Whereas three ordinary switches could store any one of eight patterns, three quantum switches can hold all eight at once, taking "a shortcut through time."
"In the tiny spaces inside atoms, the ordinary rules of reality ... no longer hold. Defying all common sense, a single particle can be in two places at the same time. And so, while a switch in a conventional computer can be either on or off, representing 1 or 0, a quantum switch can paradoxically be in both states at the same time, saying 1 and 0.... Therein lies the source of the power." Whereas three ordinary switches could store any one of eight patterns, three quantum switches can hold all eight at once, taking "a shortcut through time."
Quantum computers could prove to
be useful for running simulations of quantum mechanics. This would benefit the
fields of physics, chemistry, materials science, nanotechnology, biology and
medicine because currently, advancement in these fields is limited by the slow
speed of quantum mechanical simulations.
Quantum computing is ideal for
tasks such as cryptography, modeling and indexing very large databases. Many
government and military funding agencies are supporting quantum computing
research to develop quantum computers for civilian and national security
purposes, such as cryptanalysis.
