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This experimental computer chip reuses energy

 If the technology can be scaled up, it could help make AI cheaper and more efficient

A close up of a computer chip that says VAIRE in stylized letters on the front

This test chip, called Ice River, recycles energy that typical computer chips waste as heat. One goal of creating it is to make artificial intelligence more energy efficient.

Vaire Computing

By Kathryn Hulick

An experimental computer chip called Ice River can reuse the energy put into it, researchers say.

A regular computer chip cannot reuse energy.