Calculating how many bytes each portion of information consumes is a tricky business. For example, a 1-minute TV data stream has more bytes than a twenty-page Wikipedia article with pictures--but what has more information?
I would like to see an estimate of biological computing capacity for Earth, and when our digital computing capacity will exceed it. I suspect it is around 2040
I would like to see an estimate of biological computing capacity for Earth, and when our digital computing capacity will exceed it. I suspect it is around 2040
Doubling trend suggests ~2050.
Tianhe-1A, our fastest supercomputer is already at the lower bound for single human brain computational capacity.
You are so far off it's not funny. A human brain does about 100 petaflops, while tianhe-1a does 2.5 Petaflops. Thats almost two orders of magnitude difference.
JRDarby
Feb 10, 2011