That’s a problem British chip design firm, ARM, is looking to solve with a new chip called PlasticARM. The PlasticARM chips are prepared for a future where chips will be put inside a piece of paper, food packaging bags, and even medical bandages. The new PlasticARM chip is only a concept though, so it’s going to be a few years before we see anything like this on a real device. To provide some context, the PlasticARM chip can only achieve 29 KHz clock speeds, a long way away from the 3Ghz clock speed of a Snapdragon 888 chip from Qualcomm. In addition, it uses 20 milliwatts of power, whereas the same ARM design on a Silicon chip uses around 10 microwatts of power.

Source: Mint July 24, 2021 10:30 UTC