
UC San Diego Researchers Turn Old Smartphones into Low-Cost Data Centers: Single-Core Performance Rivals Multi-Core Servers
Researchers at UC San Diego have proposed clustering 2023-era smartphones into local computing platforms to replace remote cloud servers. The team found that modern smartphone processors already outperform comparable multi-core servers in single-core performance, opening potential applications in drones, edge computing, and IoT while reducing e-waste and energy consumption.
Source: Tom's Hardware










