# Researchers recycle old phones and cluster them into ‘computing platforms’ that operate as a low-cost data center — says processors on modern smartphones deliver higher single-core performance than co

> Researchers from the University of California San Diego (UCSD) collaborated with Google to recycle “old” Pixel smartphones and give them a second life as a low-cost data center.

- **Source:** [Tom's Hardware](https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/servers/researchers-recycle-old-phones-and-cluster-them-into-computing-platforms-says-processors-on-modern-smartphones-deliver-higher-single-core-performance-than-comparable-multicore-servers?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a312f2cf1edde970151174e)
- **Published:** 2026-06-16
- **Category:** Phones
- **Tags:** #google #pixel #smartphones #center #computing #cost #data #recycle
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