A team of Chinese scientists has unveiled the world’s smallest and most energy-efficient transistor in a breakthrough poised to anchor the next generation of high-performance AI hardware. In conventional semiconductor chips, data storage and computation occur in separate areas, creating efficiency bottlenecks for communication “across the wall”. According to Qiu Chenguang of Peking University, the “in-memory computing capability of FeFETs aligns closely with the future evolution of AI chips”. Qiu, with Peng Lianmao, a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, led the team that developed the world’s smallest and most energy-efficient ferroelectric transistor. “Such a transistor can be used both to build highly energy-efficient data centres and to assemble next-generation high-performance AI chips.” – South China Morning Post

Source: The Star February 26, 2026 16:37 UTC