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New type of computer memory could greatly reduce energy use and improve performance
EurekaAlert ^ | 06/23/2023 | UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

Posted on 06/23/2023 3:39:25 PM PDT by aimhigh

Researchers have developed a new design for computer memory that could both greatly improve performance and reduce the energy demands of internet and communications technologies, which are predicted to consume nearly a third of global electricity within the next ten years.

The researchers, led by the University of Cambridge, developed a device that processes data in a similar way as the synapses in the human brain. The devices are based on hafnium oxide, a material already used in the semiconductor industry, and tiny self-assembled barriers, which can be raised or lowered to allow electrons to pass.

This method of changing the electrical resistance in computer memory devices, and allowing information processing and memory to exist in the same place, could lead to the development of computer memory devices with far greater density, higher performance and lower energy consumption. The results are reported in the journal Science Advances.

(Excerpt) Read more at eurekalert.org ...


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1 posted on 06/23/2023 3:39:25 PM PDT by aimhigh
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To: aimhigh

Resistance is futile.


2 posted on 06/23/2023 3:41:03 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It's not a government. It's a criminal enterprise. Fear it, but do not respect it.)
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To: aimhigh

It’s the graphics processors that are the current issue with power consumption.


3 posted on 06/23/2023 3:43:37 PM PDT by Paladin2
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4 posted on 06/23/2023 3:46:02 PM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack )
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It’s the graphics processors that are the current issue with power consumption.

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What about the massive power consumption of bit coin mining?


5 posted on 06/23/2023 3:48:15 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: aimhigh

Take them out of grades 1,2 & 3 in all schools.


6 posted on 06/23/2023 3:49:53 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Starboard
What about the massive power consumption of bit coin mining?

Graphics processors are often used at the high end for bit coin mining, because they are easily repurposed and are well suited for parallel processing.
7 posted on 06/23/2023 3:50:54 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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To: aimhigh

Whew! We can finally save duh erf!


8 posted on 06/23/2023 3:51:57 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
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Isn’t that mostly an issue if you’re mining for bitcoin and the like?


9 posted on 06/23/2023 3:52:32 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: aimhigh
"could lead" Those two words again, ubiquitous in articles like this.
10 posted on 06/23/2023 3:52:34 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: Starboard

BCM is Graphics card powered.

Best to get a NEIGHBOR TO PROVIDE THE POWER.


11 posted on 06/23/2023 4:25:55 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: aimhigh

Bubble memory


12 posted on 06/23/2023 4:32:08 PM PDT by JZelle
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To: Fungi

Nothing wrong with articles about basic research (precursor to applied research), but the articles rarely talk about what it takes to get theories and bench-scale experiments to commercial production.

When I was in R&D, there was about a 90% drop-out rate at each stage of development:
1. Basic research: Concepts, theoretical analyses, lab work
2. Proof of concept and applied research
3. Pilot plant
4. Production
5. Commercial success and profitability

Costs went up 10X at each stage and only 10% survived each stage.


13 posted on 06/23/2023 4:36:43 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone else.)
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To: JZelle

Worked on bubble memory at Intel in the late’70s.


14 posted on 06/23/2023 4:46:28 PM PDT by sasquatch
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To: Paladin2

BCM is Graphics card powered.

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Aren’t ASIC rigs manufactured specifically for mining Bitcoin used as well?


15 posted on 06/23/2023 4:48:30 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Very interesting. Thanks for that insight.


16 posted on 06/23/2023 4:55:24 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: sasquatch

Same in the USAF in the 80s. Just feeling nostalgic.


17 posted on 06/23/2023 5:06:21 PM PDT by JZelle
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18 posted on 06/23/2023 5:47:22 PM PDT by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: Starboard

And the absolutely worthless tailing from the mining operations! Huge piles of bits!


19 posted on 06/23/2023 5:49:36 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt ( )
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To: aimhigh

Gadzooks! A marble machine memory!


20 posted on 06/23/2023 5:53:51 PM PDT by GingisK
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