title: Scaling of efficiency in programmable and non-programmable systems.
abstract: The number of possible interactions available for problem solving is vastly greater for biological systems than for structurally programmable models of the digital type. The difference enables cells and organisms to utilize physical scales and modes of processing that are not accessible to silicon-based technologies, but that could be exploited by biomolecule-based systems.
mesh_terms: D003201:Computers; D007256:Information Systems; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008954:Models, Biological; D012984:Software
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances