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Someone told me a few years back that when Moore's Law dropped the price of sequencing to the point that a garage startup could afford it, everything would chan
by 10ren 16y ago
Someone told me a few years back that when Moore's Law dropped the price of sequencing to the point that a garage startup could afford it, everything would change.
Article says it's $5,000 per species (in bulk). Not that far off.
- eru 16y agoThings are already changing. And the price of sequencing (and synthesizing) DNA drops much faster than Moore's law at the moment: It's closer to 10 times cheaper a year, than Moore's law 2 times per 18 months.
- 10ren 16y agoThat is amazing. Do you have any links that show that the factors causing it are likely to continue; and/or if there is a bottom-out/saturation point? I tend to think Moore's Law is the exception, not the rule, and it's only technologies based on silicon that have a similar trajectory over the long-term. Many technologies may have a short-term performance spurt.