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I'm trying to get a handle on the relative information densities of DNA versus integrated circuit technology. Here are the basic questions. 1) If one could take all of the matter in a human's DNA and (magically) convert it to silicon and related elements, then how many transistors could be made with the converted matter? 2) How many bits of information are needed to fully describe a human's DNA, or how many megabytes of hard drive space would be required to store the information contained in a human's DNA sequence? And the ultimate question: 3) Assuming Moore's law for integrated circuit densities holds out (ignoring theoretical IC geometry limits), how long before we can manufacture matter having the information density of human DNA?
Re: How does DNA compare with integrated circuit technology?
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