Researchers test 2.5GHz superconducting microprocessor
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The MANA prototype is said to be 80x more efficient than a traditional 7-nm FinFET chip.
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data centres full of liquid helium.... I mean what could go wrong?
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3dcandy
data centres full of liquid helium.... I mean what could go wrong?
running out of helium for starters. it's a finite resource
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3dcandy
data centres full of liquid helium.... I mean what could go wrong?
Data center flies away?
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3dcandy
data centres full of liquid helium.... I mean what could go wrong?
running out of helium for starters. it's a finite resource
It is Hydrogen + Hydrogen = Helium, and if it is in closed loop, it will work nicely.
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along with squeaky voices :-D
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QuorTek
It is Hydrogen + Hydrogen = Helium, and if it is in closed loop, it will work nicely.
really? Nuclear fusion? It's that easy is it? Have I missed a major break through?
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ik9000
really? Nuclear fusion? It's that easy is it? Have I missed a major break through?
Clearly all the trendy data centres are doing it :D
But seriously, if they can't do this with liquid Nitrogen then what's the point.
I have been reading about Josephson junction computing for longer than the push for room temperature superconductors, so I won't believe it until I see something actually useful turn up.
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ik9000
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3dcandy
data centres full of liquid helium.... I mean what could go wrong?
running out of helium for starters. it's a finite resource
It is Hydrogen + Hydrogen = Helium, and if it is in closed loop, it will work nicely.
You know that Helium also have 2 neutrons right (or just one in Helium-3)?
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QuorTek
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ik9000
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3dcandy
data centres full of liquid helium.... I mean what could go wrong?
running out of helium for starters. it's a finite resource
It is Hydrogen + Hydrogen = Helium, and if it is in closed loop, it will work nicely.
You know that Helium also have 2 neutrons right (or just one in Helium-3)?
It is number 2 in the periodic system and the next most common material in the galaxy... it goes under the letters He.
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data centres full of liquid helium.... I mean what could go wrong?
running out of helium for starters. it's a finite resource
Yeah but the whole “helium is running out” thing is a press misunderstanding. Tom Scott explains here https://youtu.be/mOy8Xjaa_o8
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It is number 2 in the periodic system and the next most common material in the galaxy... it goes under the letters He.
:lol:
Now we just need to get it from the rest of the galaxy eh? Easy :D A big scoop should do the job.
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Now we just need to get it from the rest of the galaxy eh? Easy :D A big scoop should do the job.
No it's easier than that, build a Dyson sphere around a star and syphon off the Helium created from nuclear fusion. I mean that's got to be the easiest way.
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and who's Tom Scott and why should I listen to him? There's a lot of people saying stuff on youtube. I'm not just going to start watching everything someone sends me a link to without knowing their credentials. I will however listen to my lecturers and colleagues who are quite adamant we shouldn't be wasting helium in childrens balloons and such like so it can drift off into space never to return.
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Interesting to see superconductors making a potential comeback almost 70 years after they initially showed promise, before semiconductors obviously came to the fore.
For anyone who's interested, there's a fascinating back story to the early days of superconductor research during the 1950's, when one of the pioneers was a very talented American scientist called Dudley Buck. He died in mysterious circumstances while researching and developing superconducting 'Cryotron' chips for use in the guidance systems of ICBMs, and also in early warning missile defence systems.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_Allen_Buck