What if your PC started before you even clicked? Researchers at Fudan University may have found the key. Their new memory, 10,000 times faster, promises to reduce your loading times... to almost nothing.
The race for speed has just reached a new level. Indeed, a team from Fudan University (China) has unveiled PoX, a revolutionary memory capable of writing data in 400 picoseconds, or 25 billion operations per second. A performance that leaves current RAMs, which are already fast, behind.
Based on graphene, a miracle material, this technology combines ultra-fast speed and non-volatility. Unlike DRAM or SRAM, PoX keeps data even when turned off, like a USB key... but with performance never before seen. Something to dream about. instant smartphones or supercharged AI.
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Graphene to defy the laws of physics
The secret of PoX lies in its 2D graphene structure. This material, composed of a single layer of carbon atoms, allows for "ballistic" charge transport, without resistance. The result: a "super-injection" phenomenon floods memory cells with electrons at an unprecedented speed.
To optimize the design, the researchers called on AI. "We pushed the theory to its limits," explains Professor Zhou Peng, director of the study published in Nature. Compared to flash (slow) or DRAM (volatile), PoX offers the best of both worlds.
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The implications? Huge. AI servers that consume less energy, smartphones that no longer crash, computers that turn on with a click... The military is also interested in it, for hyper-responsive defense systems. But gray areas persist. No endurance tests or mass production have been carried out. Graphene, expensive to manufacture, also poses industrial challenges. For now, PoX remains a lab prototype, as exciting as it is hypothetical. It is clear that we will have to wait several years before hoping to see such technology arrive in the devices we use every day.
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