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Dec 6 2010 09:30pm
on what scale does a superconductor improve processing abilities of computers by eliminating heat from resistance
like, maybe an "expensive" personal computer ($5000) if it had super conductors in it and was super cooled, or had room temp super conductors, how much faster could it be in processing

oh also,try to take into account how many more processors you could put in a multiprocessing system in your average computer tower without the heat of resistance

just like a roughish number would do

just wondering

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This post was edited by IcedShard on Dec 6 2010 09:37pm
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Dec 7 2010 09:18pm
After a small amount of Googling, I found this:
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADP019943

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the  feasibility  analysis  of possible  implementation  of a  multiprocessor superconductor  sub-subsystem consisting  of  4,096  -50  GHz  Spell processors with  their  local  small  superconductor memory  interconnected by a multi-stage  superconductor  switch, all  implemented  in  the (still  to be developed)  0.8  jim,  20  kA/cm^2 superconductor  technology;

So it seems like they might be able to make a superconductor processor that clocks at 50 GHz, but at current technology levels,"high temperature" superconductors lose their superconducting properties at MOST at about -100°C. I don't know that we'll find a room temperature superconductor in our lifetime, but you never know.
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