Berichten zufolge haben Forscher der Universität Tokio ein Schaltgerät entwickelt, das die Verarbeitungsgeschwindigkeit von Chips drastisch erhöhen und gleichzeitig die zusätzliche Wärme vermeiden könnte, die normalerweise durch schnelleres Rechnen entsteht. Die Technologie nutzt Elektronenspin- und magnetische Eigenschaften, anstatt sich ausschließlich auf den herkömmlichen elektrischen Stromfluss zu verlassen, und öffnet möglicherweise die Tür zu weitaus energieeffizienteren Computersystemen in der Zukunft.
https://www.techradar.com/pro/researchers-have-built-a-device-that-increases-computer-chip-processing-speed-by-1000-times-but-without-generating-extra-heat-potentially-ushering-in-a-new-generation-of-devices-but-you-wont-get-one-for-several-years-at-least
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The heat part is what makes this interesting to me because it feels like people mostly focus on raw processing power, but cooling and energy consumption are becoming massive problems as computing keeps scaling up.
A lot of modern technology already runs into physical limits because faster chips usually mean more heat, more cooling infrastructure and way higher electricity usage. So if breakthroughs like this actually become commercially viable one day, it could end up affecting everything from phones to supercomputers to huge data centres.
Feels like we’re getting closer to the point where improving computing isn’t just about making things faster anymore, it’s also about finding ways to stop the infrastructure behind it becoming completely unsustainable.
Could be huge for smart glasses, as temperature rise against the skin of the temple area is now a limiter, from what I’m told.
If this is true, this would be an actual game-changer.
Current processors are built on a flat plate and are reaching the limits of how small they can be made. You can only fit so many transistors within an area before the signal just ignores the switches, and it stops functioning.
The only reason we can’t currently stack them is because of the heat they generate. That heat has to be removed, somehow, and that takes space.
But if they don’t generate heat…?
Well, then we can start building processors in all three dimensions.
Instead of Moore’s law doubling how many transistors can be placed, this would allow us to *cube* the amount.
WTF is mangansin? Search only returns this article.
If they could feed that shit to the tech bros while somehow magically leaving regular chip production in tact, maybe we could get cheap PC parts again. Hell, maybe Zendaya will finally respond. She might even fly in on a pig.
Uh, I need my PC to have the heat of the sun. I wanna stay warm in the winters.
Remember when we found a way to make signals travel what was it millions of times faster by just updating the cabling we use for internet?
Hows that going? Someone shove the team off a building and say they were sui##dal?
With this technology we can finally build the AGI that is going to enslave us all and destroy our world! What a relief. Life is talking a bloody eternity.