By Chua Hian Hou

A SINGAPORE-American brain trust has made a new microchip they claim is seven times more powerful than its existing cousin.

The icing on this cake: This new chip consumes 30 times less power.

Mobile phones that could need re-charging just once every two weeks and surgically-implanted devices lasting several lifetimes could be a reality a few years down the road, once this 2mm-by-2mm chip finds its way into the heart of electronic devices.

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