Chip giant company, IBM hopes to get rid of the silicon chips in our computers, and they are pretty determined about it too- IBM recently announced a $3 billion investment dedicated to improve our electronics with or without silicon.
With silicon hardware unable to catch up with silicon technology, and also the inability for silicon to shrink further in size without hampering production and performance , IBM is now trying to seek a game changer- one that will change the way computer run. "IBM is the only major company investing in carbon chip research. As demand grows for faster speeds, the investment could put it miles ahead of competitors like Oracle and HP," Richard Doherty told the Guardian.
I would certainly be excited at what the future holds for us. Substances such as graphene are already known to be 10 times faster than silicon. The possibilities would be endless, eg. faster processing power, smaller chips while also conserving energy. This might lead to the birth of Artificial Intelligence, as seen in movies such as Star Wars and games like Mass Effect.
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