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Silicon-based quantum computing appears
to be a promising approach for
building a quantum processor, thanks
to the size of the qubits, quality of the
quantum gates, and VLSI's ability to
fabricate billions of closely identical
objects [58]. Finally, lab on a chip is a
class of devices that integrates and automates
multiple laboratory techniques
into a system that fits on a chip up to a
maximum of a few square centimeters
in size [59]. Such chips have various
applications in clinical measurements,
such as on-chip nucleic-acid amplification
testing through parallel 32 × 32
pixels capable of polymerase chain
reaction for nucleic acid (DNA or RNA)
detection [60].
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank Prof.
Anantha P. Chandrakasan, Dr. Baher
Haroun, and Prof. Fadel Adib for their
feedback and support.
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