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This is an area that's still in its early stage, but yes, it would seem so. Modules that are a few kilobytes in size have already been tested. Even taking cry
by qayxc 6y ago
This is an area that's still in its early stage, but yes, it would seem so.
Modules that are a few kilobytes in size have already been tested.
Even taking cryogenic operation into account, memory of this type consumes 10-100x less power than CMOS technology at roughly the same clock speed [1]
This is a very active field of research and there's a plethora of different approaches.
My guess is that 20 years from now there could be three types of computing:
• cryogenic quantum-computing for specialised tasks
• cryogenic ultra-high-performance computing
• high temperature computing (traditional CMOS-based)
with the first two not being available to consumers or small companies. Maybe it's going to be like in the 1970s and early 1980s when mainframes ruled supreme and you would rent these machines or compute time thereon.
People are accustomed to "the cloud" already, so it's not really a regression going back to centralised computing for a bit.
[1] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320891331_Experimental_Demonstration_of_a_Josephson_Magnetic_Memory_Cell_with_a_Programmable_p-Junction https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320891331_Experimen...