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Computing faces an energy crunch unless new technologies are found

  • Written by Daisy Wang, Postdoctoral Fellow, UNSW School of Physics, UNSW
Computing faces an energy crunch unless new technologies are foundThe tools on our smartphones are enabled by a huge network of mobile phone towers, Wi-Fi networks and server farms.Shutterstock

There’s little doubt the information technology revolution has improved our lives. But unless we find a new form of electronic technology that uses less energy, computing will become limited by an “energy...

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