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PC Gamer
Andy Edser

The world's first fully functional 32-bit bendy CPU can run while wrapped around a straw, but boy is it slow

Two images taken froma video demonstrating Pragmatic Semiconductor's bendable CPU.

While bendy, flexible screens have been demonstrated for a while now (with a fair few drawbacks, I might add), most of the components inside our devices have so far remained stiff as a board. This RISC-V processor, however, bucks that trend by being as bendy as a professional gymnast at a yoga class, even while it's running.

Pragmatic Semiconductor has published a blog announcing the hyper-flexible chip, which it says is the "world's first 32-bit microprocessor in a flexible technology that is fully functional while flexed" (via Tom's Hardware). A bit of a mouthful that—may I suggest something more catchy, like "The world's first 32-bit bendy boi"? Anyways, moving on.

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