That reminds me ... in the late 70s or early 80s there was a time when numerous stories about supercooled or superconducting devices were making the rounds in all the computer publications. The german "Computerwoche" once even had a cartoon on that subject. It showed a datacenter manager proudly displaying a refrigerator - sized box, cables connected to it's sides, front door open, inside full of icicles and a tiny chip suspended in the middle of it. Says the manager: "... and this, ladies and gentlemen, is our new supercooled mainframe processor!" I've been waiting for developments in this direction since then ... maybe I'll live long enough to see it.
Regards, Ulrich Krueger P.S.: I sure wish I had kept a copy of that cartoon! "IBM Mainframe Discussion List" <[email protected]> wrote on 06/20/2006 09:02:02 AM: > IBM and Gerogia Tech researches have developed a new chip that runs at 500 > Ghz when cooled to -451 degrees (F) and at 350 Ghz at room temperature. > > Be interesting to see if IBM uses such chips in the next generation > mainframe boxes.... > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
