Intel looks beyond cmos, meso opens the way to the future of devices

We are getting closer and closer to the physical limitations in chip architecture, making it more important for manufacturers to develop new ways to overcome those limits. Quantum computing is one step toward that goal, and Intel hopes to take the next step in its MESO technology.

MESO technology will overcome CMOS limitations

Researchers from Intel, the University of California at Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) published an article in Nature entitled "Scalable energy-efficient magnetoelectric spin-orbit (MESO) logic". In it, scientists explain how MESO-based devices have the potential to have the potential to reduce voltage by 400 percent compared to complementary metal oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) technology, and increase energy efficiency. 10-30 times when combined with ultra-low sleep state power.

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Currently, Intel is still working on CMOS scaling, but researchers see that MESO logic is driving growth in the post-CMOS era. They hope their technology will emerge in the next decade. Intel has already developed an experimental prototype of the MESO device, using magnetoelectric materials developed by Ramamoorthy Ramesh at UC Berkeley and LBNL. The technology uses quantum materials at room temperature to produce spinning orbit transduction effects.

MESO is a device built with quantum materials at room temperature, it is an example of what is possible and hopefully triggers innovation in industry, academia and national laboratories. A number of critical materials and techniques have yet to be developed to enable the new type of computing devices and architectures.

While the experimental prototype shows promising results, the technology is in its pre-infant stage. Much more research is needed and the practical devices are still a long way off, at least a decade.

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