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March 19, 2018 04:01 am GMT

IBM has created a computer smaller than a grain of salt

If there's one downside to powerful computers, it's that they're too damn big. 

Luckily, that's about to change. At least, if IBM has anything to say about it. 

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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.  Read more...

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