The IBM microcomputer is adapted to work with blockchain technology

IBM presented the smallest computer in the world, the width and length of which is only 1 mm. Despite the dimensions that do not exceed the size of the salt crystal, the device supports work with blockchain technology, the IBM blog says.

IBM plans to use the blockchain to track the process of shipping the goods and detecting theft. Also, technology can be useful in systems for the "smart house", aviation and automotive equipment.

The computing power of a new computer is comparable to that of a processor of the 1990s. It has a processor with "several hundred thousand" transistors, RAM SRAM, a photodetector and a communication unit that uses the LED to send information.

The production of such a machine, according to some media, will cost less than 10 cents.

The computer was presented at IBM Think 2018 conference, where the company told about five promising technologies, which, in her opinion, will seriously affect the society and business within the next five years. These included blockchain, unbiased artificial intelligence, quantum computing, cryptography and robotic microscopes based on artificial intelligence.