Liquid Computers Coming

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170315094505.htm

Manufactures can already stack up to 64 memory chips and can stack multiple stacks on a silicon transposer to connect them, but what they have yet to figure out is how to cool all these chips and the best way to supply power to all of them. A micro redox flow battery system can solve both problems at once and fits in well with modern microchip "coherent fabric" designs which control power to different parts of the chip and provide broadband communications channels as well. The beauty of such a simple idea is that any manufacturer should be able to easily tweak it however they want for their specific needs. It sounds a bit strange to think of countless computers being filled with liquid, but until something replaces silicon as the medium of choice computer chips that come sealed in their own battery could be in our immediate future with something the size of your finger or fob being capable of doing almost anything that most people might want and, eventually, being standardized to plug into almost any machine from your cellphone to your TV or whatever.

IBM has been working for well over a decade on a liquid quantum computer where the liquid itself performs calculations and shields a chip in its core that processes both quantum and classical data. Its like elemental alchemy meets modern science. These days, if they want, they can even design the channels for such things using surfaces that can transform from hydrophobic to hydrophilic or water loving and, theoretically, using quantum mechanics it would be possible to maximize the flow of energy and information and make a computer about as dense and fast as it can possibly be from a theoretical standpoint with single atoms being used for memory and processing of information.

One correction to the article is that already FPAA chips can be powered at as low as .03 watts, but if they can get their system to produce at least 3 watts it makes it possible to use a variety of alternatives including FPGA chips which are currently favored for their easier to deal with digital error correction that makes it simpler to design modern chips with billions of parts.