In the future, you might need to charge your phone just four times a year
A world in which you only have to charge your phone every three months – wouldn’t that be a dream? Such a world might become a reality soon.
Scientists have created a new material that allows processors to function on 100 times less energy, as the Independent reports. Researchers at teh Universities of Michigan and Cornell have created a new magnetoelectric multiferroic material, according to Nature. The material is made of thin layers of atoms that make up a magnetically polar film that can be flipped from positive to negative with a tiny energy pulse. The principle might be used to transmit binary code on which our computers operate, allowing them to operate on just a fraction of the electricity they use now.
The processors used now are built with semiconductor-based systems that need a constant flow of electricity. However, processors built with magnetoelectric multiferroic systems would only need short energy pulses requiring less energy.
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At the moment, electronics consume 5% of total global energy. They are the fastest-growing energy consumers, according to Ramamoorthy Ramesh, associate laboratory director for energy technologies at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. By 2030, electronics might consume up to 50% of global energy, which is why using energy-efficient processors is more important now more than ever.
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