At the IBM Think 2018 conference, IBM demonstrated what it claims to be the world's smallest computer. How small is it? You may need a microscope to see it, because the computer is much smaller than salt, and it is only a square millimeter. And, this The cost of a microcomputer is only 10 cents.
Left: 64 motherboards equipped with two microcomputers Right: Microcomputers loaded on the motherboard are in a pile of salt tablets
The sparrow is small, but it is also fully-equipped. This small point is a real computer, with hundreds of thousands of transistors, equipped with SRAM (Static Random Access Memory Chip) chips and photodetectors.
Of course, this computer is not our common personal computer. Its computing power is only about twenty years of X86 computer performance. However, this microcomputer is not used for our common purposes, but is used in data monitoring, analysis and communication. In fact, this microcomputer is used for blockchain technology, can be used as a data source for blockchain applications, tracks the delivery of goods, prevents theft and fraud, and can also perform basic artificial intelligence operations.
According to IBM, in the next five years, the cryptographic anchor technology, represented by computers smaller than salt, will be widely used to ensure that the entire process from the source of production to the customer’s hands can be truly Letter. However, the official release date of the microcomputer has not yet been determined. It is still in the prototype stage.
It can be imagined that every commodity in the future can be accompanied by this almost invisible small computer, so that every link of the product from production to distribution to consumption can be fully grasped, and the most practical application scenario of the blockchain can be truly realized. There is no place for fakes.
