ISSCC: Organic Processor Demonstrated

[squallypie]

Seriously, please. i only have one question. What is Organic Processor?

(maybe is it something like a piece of leaf doing the processing? 😛)

 

[greliu]

Isn't this good news though? I mean, isn't the idea of having organic processors or other semiconductors not based off metals important for future applications and manufacturing? I'm asking this cause I have no idea lol, but I thought I heard it was or read about it somewhere.

 

[ilockitdown]

Hopefully bacteria does not eat away at organic processors! 😛

 

[virtualban]

But, can it play Crysis?

I mean, put a few billions of these interconnected with each other, a basic software that can "learn", add a few years of training, and a way to interface with the virtual world, and let it play Crysis. Of course by then we would be referring to "it" as "he" or "she".

 

[tmeijknecht]

[citation][nom]squallypie[/nom]Seriously, please. i only have one question. What is Organic Processor? (maybe is it something like a piece of leaf doing the processing? )[/citation]

An organic processor is a processor build up of organic electronics, mainly organic transistors. These organic electronic components are made with organic chemistry. You might think that organic chemistry is chemistry involving biology, hence you thought about a "leaf doing the proessing." This is incorrect. Organic chemistry ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_chemistry ) is a study of carbon-based compounds, hydrocarbons, and their derivatives. Organic chemistry involves things like oil, gasoline, plastics, some drugs(mostly health-related), and all biochemical processes. As you can see, biochemistry is just a part of organic chemistry, as a wheel is a part of a car.