How much energy is consumed each time we upload an image to social media, which relies on data centers and cloud storage? Data centers currently account for about one percent of global energy consumption, amounting to terawatt-hours of electricity annually.
This immense energy demand has driven researchers to explore innovative ways to reduce energy usage. New approach is equally suitable for smartphones and supercomputers A team of scientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz JGU in Germany has now achieved a groundbreaking advancement in memory technology in close collaboration with Antaios, a magnetic random access memory company in France.
Their innovation, based on Spin-Orbit Torque SOT Magnetic Random-Access Memory MRAM , offers a highly efficient and powerful solution for data processing and storageโa transformative step forward for technologies ranging from smartphones to supercomputers. It aligns with global goals to reduce energy consumption and paves the way for faster, more efficient memory solutions," said Dr.
Rahul Gupta, a former postdoctoral researcher at the JGU Institute of Physics, where he supervised the research, and the lead author of the study recently published in "Nature Communications".
SOT-MRAM stands out for its superior power efficiency, nonvolatility, and performance compared to static RAM, making it a strong candidate to replace cache memory in computer architecture, for example.
