Biological viruses could hold key to super-fast supercomputers

Scientists have come up with a groundbreaking way to make computers even faster by using a virus – and not the kind normally associated with technology.

Scientists from MIT and the Singapore University of Technology and Design used a biological virus, M13 bacteriophage, to genetically engineer a more efficient form of memory. Their findings are published in the journal ACS Applied Nano Materials.

When a computer is moving data from its faster but volatile RAM (Random Access Memory) to its slower but more reliable ROM (Read Only Memory), or permanent storage, the process takes a few milliseconds.

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Friendly viruses, I hope.