👉 Acid computing, also known as acid-based computing or acid-metal chemistry in computing, is a theoretical model that extends traditional computing by leveraging chemical reactions and acid-catalyzed processes to perform computational tasks. Instead of using binary logic gates and electronic circuits, acid computing utilizes the reversible reactions between acids and bases to encode, process, and store information. In this paradigm, molecules are designed to undergo specific acid-base reactions that represent logical operations such as AND, OR, and NOT. These chemical reactions are reversible, allowing for potential error correction and the ability to perform computations in a fundamentally different way from conventional silicon-based computers. While still largely experimental, acid computing aims to offer novel approaches to computation that could be more energy-efficient and capable of handling complex, parallel tasks.
