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A Tiny Gatekeeper Could Keep AI on Your Device

Researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering built a device made of five thin atomic layers that could make memory chips denser and cheaper while enabling AI to run on a phone without sending data to the cloud. The device acts as a gatekeeper within memory chips, according to USC Viterbi.

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USC Viterbi scientists built a device of five thin atomic layers that could make memory chips dramatically denser, cheaper, and powerful enough to run AI on your phone without sending a single byte to the cloud.

The post A Tiny Gatekeeper Could Keep AI on Your Device appeared first on USC Viterbi | School of Engineering.

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