New Material for Spintronics Discovered

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday September 23, 2003 @12:10AM from the science-is-cool dept.

Cpt_Corelli writes "Researchers at Uppsala University and the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology have discovered a new material with properties suitable for creating spintronic devices at room temperature. Previously this was only believed to be available at very low temperatures. The material is a combination of zinc oxide and manganite. The breakthrough is the cover item of the October issue of Nature Materials. If this new material proves viable for production there is an enormous potential for smaller and faster processors. Could this be the beginning of a new era in processor development?"

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Re:maharg's law by shokk · 2003-09-23 03:27 · Score: 0, Redundant

Folks, don't make fun. This really is an important leap in computing. It means Java applications will only be considered the light-truck of programming platform rather than the SUV. Imagine a fast responsive Java interface. Imagine how fast that old HotJava browser will be.

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