New world’s smallest computer by IBM is smaller than salt grain

The American technology company IBM, famous for its computers and chips, has successfully created a computer than is even smaller than a size of a salt grain.

In its flagship conference ‘IBM Think 2018’, IBM revealed what it claims to be the world’s smallest computer and asserted that it is ‘small enough and cheap enough to be put anywhere—and everywhere’. However, IBM also made sure that the computer does not compromise on anything because of its size and incorporates an amazing computer chip as well.

The computer comes with the computing power of x86 chip from the 1990, though not the best but, still an amazing deal when compared to the size it has been packed in. The manufacturing cost of the new computer will be less than even ten cents and will consist of ‘several hundred thousand transistors’, which will allow it to ‘monitor, analyze, communicate, and even act on data’. It will feature a static RAM, an LED and photo-detector through which it will communicate and an integrated photovoltaic cell for power, as per Fortune.

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Moreover, as Mashable reports, the computer even works with blockchain applications making it feasible for bitcoin users too. It is aimed to track down the shipment of goods, detect theft, fraud and non-compliance, along with being able to perform usual AI tasks including sorting the giving data.

IBM asserts that this, however, is also the start. “Within the next five years, cryptographic anchors — such as ink dots or tiny computers smaller than a grain of salt — will be embedded in everyday objects and devices,” claimed IBM head of research Arvind Krishna.

Nonetheless, it is still not sure when will it be released as the company’s researchers are at present testing the first prototype.