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WSU Vancouver professor, team research using honey to make advanced computer chips

By Griffin Reilly, Columbian staff writer
Published: April 15, 2022, 6:02am
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Feng Zhao, associate professor of electrical engineering at Washington State University Vancouver, holds up a glass slide containing silver electrodes and a thin film of honey on Wednesday at WSU Vancouver. Zhao and his students are trying to develop a honey-based neuromorphic computer chip that would be more energy efficient and environmentally friendly than current silicon-based chips.
Feng Zhao, associate professor of electrical engineering at Washington State University Vancouver, holds up a glass slide containing silver electrodes and a thin film of honey on Wednesday at WSU Vancouver. Zhao and his students are trying to develop a honey-based neuromorphic computer chip that would be more energy efficient and environmentally friendly than current silicon-based chips. (Photos by Taylor Balkom/The Columbian) Photo Gallery

There’s a chance that a certain sweet ingredient in your cupboard could play a role in the future of computing.

No, seriously: A team of researchers at Washington State University Vancouver have spent the last few years researching how honey can be used to create memristors: tiny devices that process and store data as a key part of neuromorphic computers.

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