>>>>> Not compared to modern RAM circuits. I think transistors are 
>>>>> getting down to the dozens-of-atoms size at this point.
>>>>
>>>> I doubt it.
>>>
>>> What do you doubt, that silicon atoms are as big as 0.25 nm across, 
>>> or transistors are as small as 25 nm?
>>
>> If you made a transistor that consisted of only a few atoms, it 
>> wouldn't work properly.
> 
> Probably not, but nobody suggested that.
> 
> Darren said that the *size* was comparable to some dozens of atoms.  A 
> 25 nm transistor is only 8 dozen atoms across, but (if you assume it's a 
> cube) it consists of almost a million atoms.
> 
> Clearly that's enough to still work ok, but you're right, the limit for 
> traditional transistors can't be much further away.

Right. So when you say "size", I thought you meant volume, but you 
actually meant diammeter?

Anyway, regardless, the advantage of the algae is that it's packed in 3D 
instead of mere 2D, massively increasing the amount you can fit into a 
given space.

Either way, you would *think* neuron cells would be the "obvious" choice 
for making RAM circuits. They already have the ability to wire 
themselves up for you, so...

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