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Virtually Energy-free Superfast Computing Invented by scientists using Light Pulses

Fig. 1
Antenna-enhanced THz spin dynamics.
From: Temporal and spectral fingerprints of ultrafast all-coherent spin switching

The invention uses magnets to record computer data which consume virtually zero energy, solving the dilemma of how to create faster data processing speeds without the accompanying high energy costs. Today’s data centre servers consume between 2 to 5% of global electricity consumption, producing heat which in turn requires more power to cool the servers.

The problem is so acute that Microsoft has even submerged hundreds of its data centre services in the ocean in an effort to keep them cool and cut costs. Most data are encoded as binary information (0 or 1 respectively) through the orientation of tiny magnets, called spins, in magnetic hard-drives...

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