We are increasingly approaching the physical limits of chip architecture, so it is becoming important for manufacturers to develop new ways to overcome these limits. Quantum Computing is a step in this direction, and Intel hopes to take the next step in its MESO technology.
MESO technology will overcome the CMOS limitations
Researchers from Intel, the University of California at Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) published an article in Nature entitled “Scalable energy-efficient magnetoelectric spin-orbit (MESO) logic”. Scientists explain how MESO-based devices have the potential to reduce voltage by 400 percent compared to complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology and increase energy efficiency 10 to 30 times in combination with ultra-low sleep state energy.
Intel is currently working on CMOS scaling, but researchers see MESO logic driving growth in the post-CMOS era. They expect their technology to be deployed in the next decade. Intel has already developed an experimental prototype MESO device using magnetoelectric materials developed by Ramamoorthy Ramesh at UC Berkeley and LBNL. The technology uses quantum materials at room temperature to create twistor bit transduction effects.
MESO is a device built with quantum materials at room temperature, an example of what is possible and hopefully will trigger innovation in industry, science and national laboratories. A number of critical materials and techniques still need to be developed to enable the new type of computer devices and architectures.
While the experimental prototype shows promising results, the technology is in the pre-Child stage. Much more research is needed, and the practical devices are still quite far away at least a decade.