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https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/leap-forward-for-molecular-computing-as-dna-executes-six-bit-algorithms/3010270.article

They've been able to make all kinds of nano-structures with dna for three plus decades now. But, they are all special purpose, one time programs. They'd then have to re-write the hardware so to speak - kind of like rewiring the Eniac. Now, we have a programmable dna-nanomanufacturing ability.

It's still early days, and really, the goal is to go from such soft nanomanufacturing system with wet-dna nanofactories to a more harder material(preferably diamond). It'll be interesting to see how fast they can bootstrap from dna-nanotech to a more robust, hopefully Diamondoid, nano-factory. But, for now, we should see rapid progress of going to indefinitelly higher bit systems.

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