Electronic blood for supercomputers

Researchers from IBM in Switzerland have announced new computers inspired by human brains and powered by what they call "electronic blood".

Experts from IBM's Zurich Research Center say they are learning from nature, making computers that run fuel and cool in a liquid, just like the human brain.

IBM is aiming for supercomputers to mimic brain activity - (Photo: IBM)

These machines have tremendous computing power, but only consume a small amount of energy, according to the BBC website.

According to IBM's prototype, a flow system pumps electrolyzed "blood" through a computer, bringing it into energy and transporting heat.

This means that the electrolyte is charged through electrodes and pumped into the computer, where it releases energy to the processor chips and then carries the heat out.

It is expected that by 2060 this technology will be able to produce a 1-petaflop computer, a huge machine that, according to current technology, must cover half of the football field, but at that time it will be reduced to size. of computer desk.

'We want to put a supercomputer inside a sugar cube,' according to the analogy of IBM expert Bruno Michel.

To do this, the human brain is the best model that can imitate.

Accordingly, the human brain has 10,000 times the compression and efficiency of any computer today, only 20 watts is needed to run, while supercomputers need 85,000 watts.