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Peter Ray Allison

HISTORICAL FACTS: Scientists create world s first microwave powered computer chip it s much faster and consumes less power than conventional cpus - The Untold Story

The low-power microchip in a person's hand.

Scientists have developed an entirely new kind of microchip that uses microwaves instead of conventional digital circuitry to perform operations.

The processor, which can perform faster than conventional CPUs, is the world's first fully functional microwave neural network (MNN) that can fit on a chip, scientists reported in a study published Aug. 14 in the journal Nature Electronics.

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