IBM creates world’s smallest and most powerful microchip
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World’s smallest and most powerful microchip
What is a microchip?
A microchip is a tiny part of an electronic gadget that makes the gadget work. Today, microchips are found everywhere – from your phone to computer and even identification cards.
Recently, international computer company IBM (International Business Machines) announced that it has created the world’s smallest and most powerful microchip.
This chip is 2 nanometres (nm) in size. A nanometre is one-billionth of a metre. Today, most computer chips use 10-nanometre or 7-nanometre process technology. The smaller the number, the more powerful the processor.
IBM says its 2 nm chip can improve performance by 45% more products that use the current 7 nm chips. It also uses less energy. Phones that use the 2 nm chip, would need to be charged less often.
What can it be used for?
The world’s smallest and most powerful microchip can help in developing space exploration, artificial intelligence, and 5G. It plans to produce the 2nm chips by late 2024 or 2025.
The world is currently facing a shortage of microchips. This is due to the COVID-19 pandemic and other reasons.
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