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Optimized magnetic pulses could cut memory switching energy by several orders of magnitude

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Optimized magnetic pulses could cut memory switching energy by several orders of magnitude

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) driven by artificial intelligence (AI) are generating data at an unprecedented rate. Every internet search, AI-generated image, recommendation, scientific simulation and large language model creates and processes enormous amounts of information that must be stored, transferred and analyzed. As AI continues to expand across every sector of society, global demand for data storage and computing is rising dramatically.

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