ABSTRACT
Heat production in biomolecular computers would be minimal; manufacturing and operating costs (inasmuch as they can presently be identified) are expected to be low. It has been suggested that biochips may be capable of parallel information processing in a network rather than working in a linear mode; some comments about this will appear later. Proteins and other molecules able to transform an input into an output signal might act as informational or computational elements in a hypothetical design for a photonic computer as we discuss in greater detail below. An assessment of the size of a future bioelectronics market must take account of the rate and cost of development, performance, reliability and difficulty of manufacturing biochips compared with non-biological devices. An assessment of the size of a future bioelectronics market must take account of the rate and cost of development, performance, reliability and difficulty of manufacturing biochips compared with non-biological devices.
