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March 21, 2016

Magnetic chips could dramatically increase energy efficiency of computers
Berkeley CA (SPX) Mar 21, 2016
In a breakthrough for energy-efficient computing, engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have shown for the first time that magnetic chips can operate with the lowest fundamental level of energy dissipation possible under the laws of thermodynamics. The findings, to be published in the peer-reviewed journal Science Advances, mean that dramatic reductions in power consumption are possible - as much as one-millionth the amount of energy per operation used by transistors in modern compu ... read more

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