Scientists claim vanadium dioxide could transform aerospace and neuromorphic computing
Vanadium dioxide has potential to transform aerospace, claim researchers
European scientists have received funding to research vanadium dioxide’s potential as a semiconductor in a project that could transform aerospace and neuromorphic computing.
By tapping into vanadium dioxide’s (VO2) properties, technologists can create more powerful processor silicon and generate a string of new low-power devices.
The research is being supported by the Phase Change Switch project, which is part of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme. It specifically focuses on aerospace and next-generation computing.
The €3.9 million project, which will run until 2020, is the brainchild of French defence contractor Thales, IBM Research, Germany’s Max-Planck-Gesellschaft and Cambridge University.
