News From the Future: Chips The Size of Blood Cells

News From the Future: Chips The Size of Blood Cells

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ARM CTO predicts chips the size of blood cells

In less than a decade, that smartphone you’re holding could have 32 times the memory, 20 times the bandwidth and a microprocessor core no bigger than a red blood cell, the CTO of chip design company ARM said on Thursday.

ARM has already helped develop a prototype, implantable device for monitoring eye-pressure in glaucoma patients that measures just 1 cubic millimeter, CTO Mike Muller said at ARM’s TechCon conference in Silicon Valley Thursday. The device includes a microprocessor sandwiched between sensors at the top and a battery at the bottom.

In other ARM news that I’m excited about, ARM announces their 64-bit ARMv8 platform. I wouldn’t be surprised if some of the “top” computer makers hop to this chip…

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