CS 290N
Novel Computing Technologies
Problem Set 5

Discussion questions for Amorphous Computing
Presented by Terrence Cole

1) What are the key problems in building an architecture to do useful
   computation on programmable paintchips?

2) Why does the author suggest that self-assembly is the correct
   answer to these problems?

3) How is the reference pushpin architecture powered?

4) What are the three key system characteristics in evaluating a
   paintable computer's networking subsystem?

Please e-mail the answers to the above questions to me (chong@cs.ucsb.edu)
BEFORE class.