Reprogrammable Chips Could Allow You to Update Your Hardware Just Like Software [Guts]

The rapid pace of innovation and the relentless pressure of Moore's Law means new and better gadgets are always coming to market, but it also means whatever you just bought for several hundred (or thousand) dollars will likely be obsolete in a matter of months (see: the iPhone through the iPhone 4). But a new kind of shape-shifting chip—if it can be tamed and perfected—could change all that, allowing device hardware to be reconfigured when updated designs become available. More »

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