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Owen Hughes

'Crazy idea' memory device could slash AI energy consumption by up to 2,500 times

Close up of computer RAM.

Researchers have developed a new type of memory device that they say could reduce the energy consumption of artificial intelligence (AI) by at least 1,000.

Called computational random-access memory (CRAM), the new device performs computations directly within its memory cells, eliminating the need to transfer data across different parts of a computer.

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