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Duke News & Communications
by lclough at 6:06 am EST, Mar 15, 2005

] Instead of waiting weeks for computers to grind out
] solutions to complex problems, scientists may someday get
] answers instantly thanks to a new type of "oracle"
] computer that will have all the answers built in, predict
] Duke University computer scientists and engineers. When a
] question is posed, the computer will provide the answer
] already paired with the question in the very structure of
] the computer's processing unit.

There are two significant ideas here. The quoted paragraph, and their approach of using DNA self-assembly to construct the computer.


'Oracle' Computer Could Have All the Answers Built In
by jlang at 5:03 pm EST, Mar 21, 2005

Instead of waiting weeks for computers to grind out solutions to complex problems, scientists may someday get answers instantly thanks to a new type of "oracle" computer that will have all the answers built in, predict Duke University computer scientists and engineers. When a question is posed, the computer will provide the answer already paired with the question in the very structure of the computer's processing unit.


 
 
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