It will be like the flow of electrons in a Pentium processor, says Pfost.

FORBES: A hail of silver bullets

As Orchid CEO Dale Pfost puts it, the company is hoping to become the Microsoft msft (nasdaq: msft - news - people) of the biotech set.

FORBES: Orchid Biosciences Not Yet In The Black

You had a guy shaking a tube it was like watching clothes in a dryer going around, says Dale Pfost, president of Orchid Biocomputers, which is developing even tinier tools to supersede those robotic arms in the Lilly plant.

FORBES: A hail of silver bullets