DNA microchip

Building blocks of human body will serve as a model for the new microprocessors of International Business Machines Corp. In a move to build smaller microchips and save costs the computer maker plans to use artificial DNA nanostructures, or "DNA origami" to build tiny microchips.

"This is the first demonstration of using biological molecules to help with processing in the semiconductor industry," IBM research manager Spike Narayan said in an interview with Reuters.