Lab chip promises 1,000x speed boost with no extra heat
A University of Tokyo team has demonstrated a non-volatile quantum switching chip element that stores bits via magnetism, potentially enabling 1,000 times faster processing with far less heat. In lab tests, it handled a single bit in 40 picoseconds (about 1/1,000th of current speeds) and remained stable through 100 billion cycles. If scalable, this could lower energy use in devices and data centers, but commercialization isn’t expected until around 2030 and is still at the prototype stage.