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First Superconducting Transistor Created

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the just-make-supercooling-cheaper dept.

holy_calamity writes "New Scientist reports that the first working superconducting transistor has been created, by researchers at the University of Geneva. Field effect transistors with zero electrical resistance would allow much faster operations. Only drawback is they need to be supercooled, something that may be addressed by improving the materials used."

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  1. Liquid cooling? by cjfs · · Score: 4, Funny

    At 0.3 kelvin - just above absolute zero - these electrons flow without resistance and so create a superconductor.

    So my stock fan won't quite cut it this time?

    1. Re:Liquid cooling? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Hear that "whooshing" sound? It's not a fan.

  2. Re:Bad timetable. by aztektum · · Score: 4, Funny

    So you're saying we could have something to market in 5 but possibly up to 10 years?

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