March 19 is the first day of IBM Think 2018, the organization's flagship meeting, where the organization will reveal what it claims is the world's smallest computer. They're completely serious: It's actually smaller than a grain of salt.

IBM Unveils The World’s Smallest Computer

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World's Smallest Computer : In any case, don't let the size trick you: This sucker has the registering energy of the x86 chip from 1990. Affirm, so that is not incredible contrasted with what we have today, but rather cut it some slack — you require a microscope to see it. 

The computer will cost less than ten cents to fabricate, and will also pack "several hundred thousand transistors," as indicated by the organization. These will enable it to "screen, dissect, impart, and even follow up on information." (World's Smallest Computer)

Try not to stress, bitcoin bros: It works with blockchain. Specifically, this computer will be an information source for blockchain applications. It's expected to help track the shipment of goods and distinguish robbery, extortion, and resistance. It can also do basic AI tasks, such as sorting the information it's given. 

As per IBM, this is just the start. "Inside the following five years, cryptographic anchors — such as ink dots or modest computers smaller than a grain of salt — will be inserted in ordinary objects and devices," says IBM head of research Arvind Krishna. In the event that he's right, we'll see much a greater amount of these minor systems in objects and devices in the years to come. 

It's not clear yet when this thing will be released — IBM researchers are as of now testing its first model. 

In any case, one thing's without a doubt: what's to come is here. You just may require a microscope to see it.