IBM unveils 'world's smallest computer' with blockchain at Think 2018

[Dave-W]

March 19 is the first day of IBM Think 2018, the company's flagship conference, where the company will unveil what it claims is the world's smallest computer. They're not kidding: It's literally smaller than a grain of salt.

But don't let the size fool you: This sucker has the computing power of the x86 chip from 1990. Okay, so that's not great compared to what we have today, but cut it some slack — you need a microscope to see it.

The computer will cost less than ten cents to manufacture, and will also pack "several hundred thousand transistors," according to the company. These will allow it to "monitor, analyze, communicate, and even act on data."


IBM unveils 'world's smallest computer' with blockchain at Think 2018

 

[mnorian]

March 19 is the first day of IBM Think 2018, the company's flagship conference, where the company will unveil what it claims is the world's smallest computer. They're not kidding: It's literally smaller than a grain of salt.

But don't let the size fool you: This sucker has the computing power of the x86 chip from 1990. Okay, so that's not great compared to what we have today, but cut it some slack — you need a microscope to see it.

The computer will cost less than ten cents to manufacture, and will also pack "several hundred thousand transistors," according to the company. These will allow it to "monitor, analyze, communicate, and even act on data."


IBM unveils 'world's smallest computer' with blockchain at Think 2018

It boggles the mind!

 

[elytron]

Autonomous flying cyborg insects soon a reality.

 

[mnorian]

Autonomous flying cyborg insects soon a reality.

They already have flying spy bees:

Bangor University develop cameras that can fit on bees | Daily Mail Online

 

[elytron]

I like bees a lot, would be terrible if they all died off.

Using sensors and tiny computers. Might be possible to program any type of insect into a pollinator.

Hopefully we won't need to do it.

 

[akaDaScribe]

Sounds like they aren't too far away from making synthetic viruses