Nano-poplar: The Computer Memory Fabrication of the Future

Poplar trees will be the next element in creating powerful computers in the future. Israeli Engineers have figured out a way to use protein molecules from poplars in improving computer memory. According to the researchers from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, silica nanoparticles are combined with poplar proteins. This approach marks a new way in minimizing memory elements while increasing its capacity.

The technology involves a genetically engineered poplar proteins, hybridized with the silica nanoparticles. This nanoparticles is attached to the inner pore of the protein. Then, the poplar pores are arranged in array of molecular memory elements. Professor Danny Porath, the leader of the research team at the Institute of Chemistry at Hebrew University, found that the elements can carry stable computing activity. The research team hopes that this can be an alternative to the current computer memory fabrication.

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