Comment on Scientists may have found the holy grail of quantum computing
West_of_West@piefed.social 2 days ago
“The fact that triplet superconductors have spin has an important consequence. We can now transport not only electrical currents but also spin currents with absolutely zero resistance,” explained Linder.
That ability could make it possible to transmit information using spin without any energy loss. In turn, extremely fast computers could operate using almost no electricity at all.
I don’t know what any of this means… but cool!
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
Still need massive amounts of energy to cool them down to superconducting temperatures
ageedizzle@piefed.ca 2 days ago
Well, if we had these aboard the International Space Station or a spaceship, we could simply choose to crank the heat down in the computer room. Might actually save energy in that case.
Dream big!
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
It is very hard to cool things down in space
MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world 1 day ago
How about in a crater on a Moon pole?
ageedizzle@piefed.ca 2 days ago
Depends how far you are from the Sun