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Most modern computers are electronic computers with the [[Von Neumann architecture]] based on digital electronics, with extensive integration made possible following the invention of the transistor and the scaling of [[Moore's law]].

Unconventional computing is, (according to a{{which|date=Decemberwebsite 2016}}of Center for Nonlinear Studies announcing the conference; descriptionUnconventional Computation:Quo Vadis?, March 21-23 2007 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA) <ref>{{cite web | title = Unconventional computation Conference 2007 | url = http://cnls.lanl.gov/uc07/ }}</ref> "an interdisciplinary research area with the main goal to enrich or go beyond the standard models, such as the [[Von Neumann architecture|Von Neumann computer architecture]] and the [[Turing machine]], which have dominated computer science for more than half a century". These methods model their computational operations based on non-standard paradigms, and are currently mostly in the research and development stage.

This computing behavior can be "simulated"{{clarify|date=December 2016}} using classical silicon-based micro-transistors or [[solid state (electronics)|solid state]] computing technologies, but it aims to achieve a new kind of computing.