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Nanomagnets Could Replace Transistors in Microprocessors

Posted by Unknown on from the remember-when-moore's-law-failed dept.

redwolfe7707 writes "Computers today move electrons, using lots of energy in the process. A new report out of UC Berkeley shows that doing computing with nano magnetic domains could reduce the energy consumption by a factor of a million." As usual, the factor of a million would be in the ideal case and is close to the minimum permitted by the universe.

4 of 91 comments (clear)

  1. And clock speeds by same factor by foxenoxen2 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Really, nanomagnets idea was tried before, and doesn't work well.

  2. Small print: only theoretical by tuxright · · Score: -1, Troll

    Really, nanomagnets idea was tried before, but there are fundamental physics problems with it.

  3. Small print: only theoretical by tuxrightagain · · Score: -1, Troll

    Really, nanomagnets idea was tried before, but there are fundamental physics problems with it.

  4. Small print: only theoretical: by tuxright2 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Really, nanomagnets idea was tried before, but there are fundamental physics problems with it.