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How Bit Met Watt

Santiago Miret, Ph.D. student, materials science & engineering | April 1, 2014

With the miniaturization of electronics, the world’s computing capabilities exploded, while the energy required to produce bits of data continued to drop. The world was creating more and bits of data, which required less and less watts to operate. As the computing devices became smaller, we went from room-sized computer used for the Apollo program … Continue reading »