30-05-2017 17:51 via phys.org

Magnetoelectric memory cell increases energy efficiency for data storage

Today's computers provide storage of tremendous quantities of information with extremely large data densities, but writing and retrieving this information expends a lot of energy. More than 99 percent of the consumed power of information storage and processing is wasted in the form of heat, a big headache that still has not abated.
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