This founder is teaching chips how to recycle (their energy)
Vaire Computing is developing reversible computing hardware designed to recycle energy typically lost as heat during calculations. By retaining information instead of erasing it, the startup aims to significantly improve the energy efficiency of data centers and consumer electronics.
Why it matters
This technology could fundamentally change how computer chips are designed, potentially solving the massive energy consumption issues associated with modern high-performance computing.
Computing and robotics This founder is teaching chips how to recycle (their energy) Hannah Earley wants to bring an old idea about creating energy-efficient computers into the mainstream.
Throughout the history of the computer chip, engineers have treated waste heat as an inevitable cost of a calculation. Hannah Earley, however, thinks it’s a design choice. Earley, 31, is cofounder and chief technology officer of Vaire Computing, a startup building chips that recycle energy usually thrown away as heat—a strategy known as reversible computing. Ultimately, she thinks, this approach could help make data centers (and our laptops and phones) much more energy efficient.
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