On Wed, Aug 11, 2021, 9:32 AM <magnuswootto...@gmail.com> wrote: > I dont see how a photon computer is any better than an electrical one. >
They aren't. Bit operations cost on the order of 1 electron volt per photon or electron, and you need several to perform a write operation because it's a statistical operation that increases entropy. That's a billion times the Landauler limit. Neural and DNA operations are more efficient because the compute by slowly moving heavier particles. Photonic components also have to be larger than the wavelengths of light, which is thousands of times larger than transistors. Moore's law is dead with respect to transistors. The future of computation is nanotechnology. ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T2a90af180c5dbd58-M525d07acee4b9287edd364e2 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
