New Cambridge human brain-inspired chip could slash AI energy use — new type of memristor has roughly a million times lower switching current than conventional devices

New Cambridge computer chip material could slash AI energy use. .

Researchers at the University of Cambridge published a paper in Science Advances earlier this month describing a new type of hafnium oxide memristor. The highlight of the new technology is that it operates at switching currents roughly a million times lower than conventional oxide-based devices.

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