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Magnons are spinning quasiparticles found in every magnet. All magnets, whether the basic keepsakes you hang on your refrigerator and the discs that give your computer memory storage and the potent models used in research facilities, are subject to this. Spin waves are produced when one magnon spins in a way that influences its neighbor, who in turn affects their neighbor's spin, and so on. Magnons can act as "quantum interconnects" that "glue" quantum bits together into powerful computers, allowing spin waves to potentially carry information more effectively than electricity. Despite the great potential of magnons, it is frequently challenging to find them without large pieces of laboratory apparatus. Such configurations, according to Columbia researcher Xiaoyang Zhu, are suitable for carrying out tests but not for creating devices like magnonic devices and so-called spintronics. The proper material, chromium sulfide bromide (CrSBr), a magnetic semiconductor th...

The NeuRRAM chip is the first compute-in-memory device to show a variety of AI applications while consuming a small fraction of the energy used by other platforms while retaining an accuracy of the same level. An multinational team of researchers has developed NeuRRAM, a novel semiconductor that performs computations directly in memory and can run a wide range of AI applications. It stands out because it accomplishes all of this while using a tiny fraction of the energy used by platforms for general-purpose AI computing. With the NeuRRAM neuromorphic semiconductor, AI is one step closer to being able to operate independently from the cloud on a variety of edge devices. This implies that they are capable of carrying out complex cognitive tasks at any time, anywhere, without the need for a network connection to a centralized server. There are countless uses for this technology in every region of the world and aspect of our daily lives. They include anything from smartwatches to VR headse...