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New computer chip material inspired by the human brain could slash AI energy use (www.cam.ac.uk)
submitted 16 hours ago by Beep@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Research.

Researchers have developed a new kind of nanoelectronic device that could dramatically cut the energy consumed by artificial intelligence hardware by mimicking the human brain.

The researchers, led by the University of Cambridge, developed a form of hafnium oxide that acts as a highly stable, low‑energy ‘memristor’ — a component designed to mimic the efficient way neurons are connected in the brain.

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[–] db2@lemmy.world 0 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Shooting a large rocket full of tech bros directly in to the sun will have a similar effect.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Shooting a rocket directly into the sun would waste as much energy as current AI data centers, because it would have to shed all the earth’s momentum.

Better to just use a volcano.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

We can sell tickets for people to take turns pushing. A dollar per participant sounds reasonable to me.

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Oh great, now we’re gonna start polluting the sun? Can’t we contain our garbage to a single planet?

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 2 points 15 hours ago

All of the things you’d be polluting the sun with are already there.