Tech giant you've probably never heard of wants to put a data center in a shoebox build using 1000 3D superconducting chips — at 20 exaflops, it would be 20x faster than the most powerful supercomputer on Earth

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To counter the strain on global energy resources due to accelerating computational demands - yes, AI, we’re looking at you - research institute imec is suggesting a radical shift away from traditional computing methods. 

Its solution, detaile in IEEE Spectrum engineering magazine, involves exploiting the fundamental properties of superconductors to greatly reduce energy consumption, thereby creating an innovative, superconducting processor.