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Mushrooms transformed into computer memory

The idea of a living organism replacing a silicon chip inevitably evokes science-fiction scenarios. However, a recent study ...
What if living organisms could perform some of the tasks handled by silicon chips? New research suggests fungal systems can exhibit memory-like electrical behavior, opening the door to unconventional, ...
AI companies’ need for a once obscure and affordable type of microchip threatens to drive up prices of all electronics—and ...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. One July afternoon in 2024, Ryan Williams set out to prove himself wrong. Two months had passed since he’d hit upon a startling ...
The Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities in 2018 exposed computer memory as an easy target for hackers to inject malicious code and steal data. The aftermath spurred the adoption of memory-safe chips ...
Computer memory and storage have always followed the Law of Closet Space. No matter how much you have, you shortly discover that it isn’t enough. So it’s good news that scientists in Switzerland are ...
Driven by the AI boom, global computer memory prices have entered a record growth cycle, with DRAM increases outpacing gold and making 100-unit purchases more valuable than some Shanghai properties.