What if we start thinking positively? When we hear about chip, for a couple of years now, we have been thinking only of crisis that caused their shortage. Starting from the automotive sector, this has extended to all sectors of technology. But if the next wafer did they come from nature? A group of scholars of the Washington State University created computer microchips that work similarly to a human synapse starting from honey. Let's see how this is possible.
A group of scientists has created computer chips that simulate the functioning of neurons. These are created from honey. Yes, really!
The engineers of the Washington State University they were able to create a memristor neuromorphic (this is the technical name) working starting from honey. In their view, this opens up prospects for the creation of new computer chips: be sustainable, biodegradable ed extremely potenti. A memristor is a component that can store data in much the same way as the human brain. The memristor of honey, created by scientists, has it thickness of a human hair.
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To create a memristor chip, the scientists have processed bee honey into a solid form, which was then placed between two metal electrodes: the result was something that comes close to a human synapse. In fact, the new "material" has successfully imitated the activity of nerve endings, that is, it switched on and off at a speed between 100 and 500 nanoseconds. Scientists also reported that honey memristor is completely biodegradable.
Feng Zhao, assistant professor at the School of Engineering and Computer Science both at Washington State University, he has declared:
Honey does not spoil. It has a very low moisture concentration, so bacteria cannot survive inside. This means that computer chips created in this way will be stable and reliable for a long time. When we want to dispose of a device that uses computer chips created in this way, we can easily dissolve them in water. Thanks to these special properties, honey is very useful for creating renewable and biodegradable neuromorphic systems
But what we are wondering is how it works if the device with this chip gets too hot? Let's think of a PC used outdoors in the sun. Or maybe even a smartphone in the summer, which, like it or not, with all the cooling tricks, inevitably heats up. We have no answer but anyway we believe is the idea is revolutionary.
Through | WSU Insiders
