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DARPA funds Michigan–Wisconsin team with up to US$6 million to pursue transistor alternative
Researchers from University of Michigan Engineering and the University of Wisconsin are working on hybrid magnetic-sound waves as a transistor alternative, backed by up to US$6 million from DARPA's Fast and Curious programme.
Why it matters: The team from University of Michigan Engineering and the University of Wisconsin has up to US$6 million from DARPA's Fast and Curious programme for its transistor-alternative research.
The University of Michigan reported that a team from University of Michigan Engineering and the University of Wisconsin is developing an alternative to the transistor based on hybrid magnetic-sound waves.
According to the university, the work is funded with up to US$6 million from the Fast and Curious programme of the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA).
The researchers say the approach could make computers between 100 and 1,000 times faster and more energy efficient.
Editor’s view
Joseph Lopez, Collaboration Editor
The Michigan–Wisconsin research team is funded with up to US$6 million from DARPA; if the approach performs as the researchers describe, computers could become 100 to 1,000 times faster and more energy efficient.
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