If I remember how a transistor works, it would be rather difficult to make one out of a superconductor. Essentially, the idea of increasing the conductance of a stretch of material by applying a voltage at a gate and thus drawing charge carriers into the area to conduct doesn't work where there is no significant resistance regardless of applied gate voltages. In fact the whole CPU would just be one open circuit. Just a thought, I could be wrong.
Or, you know, you (as a slave trader) could give a hat to everyone you'd "hired" that said, oh I don't know, "XYZ employment" containing the super-secret RF transponder. That way, when your nefarious buddies here in the states go to the airport they can sell their RF transmitter, buy a pimpin' hat, round up all the people wearing "XYZ employment" hats into an "XYZ employment" van to be take off to their new jobs. FUD!
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If I remember how a transistor works, it would be rather difficult to make one out of a superconductor. Essentially, the idea of increasing the conductance of a stretch of material by applying a voltage at a gate and thus drawing charge carriers into the area to conduct doesn't work where there is no significant resistance regardless of applied gate voltages. In fact the whole CPU would just be one open circuit. Just a thought, I could be wrong.
Or, you know, you (as a slave trader) could give a hat to everyone you'd "hired" that said, oh I don't know, "XYZ employment" containing the super-secret RF transponder. That way, when your nefarious buddies here in the states go to the airport they can sell their RF transmitter, buy a pimpin' hat, round up all the people wearing "XYZ employment" hats into an "XYZ employment" van to be take off to their new jobs. FUD!