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A memristor runs reliably hotter than the surface of Venus

development2026-04-16

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USC researchers reported a memristor running reliably at 700°C, hotter than molten lava and the surface of Venus, which has destroyed every lander sent there within hours, while Meta committed to a gigawatt of custom chips on a 2-nanometer process.

Reported metric: 700°C

Reporting date: 2026-04-16 (not necessarily the event date)

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A memristor runs reliably hotter than the surface of Venus
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Reporting date: 2026-04-16
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-04-16-a-memristor-that-runs-at-700-degrees
Claim: USC researchers reported a memristor running reliably at 700°C, hotter than molten lava and the surface of Venus, which has destroyed every lander sent there within hours, while Meta committed to a gigawatt of custom chips on a 2-nanometer process.
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- Welcome to April 16, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-april-16-2026
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