Comments on: Spintronics – this REALLY could change the technological world FOREVER http://www.mobileshop.com/blog/mobile-phone-blogs/spintronics-this-really-could-change-the-technological-world-forever/ Get the latest news, reviews and info in the Mobile World Wed, 25 May 2011 12:14:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: TechnicalMarkus http://www.mobileshop.com/blog/mobile-phone-blogs/spintronics-this-really-could-change-the-technological-world-forever/comment-page-1/#comment-17283 TechnicalMarkus Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:06:03 +0000 http://www.mobileshop.com/blog/?p=3505#comment-17283 THAT's the bit I'm trying to get my head round, because even if it's a really good insulator, you're going to lose SOME energy through simple entropy. As for piggy-backing data, the actual information would be coded into the direction of spin of an electron (again, IF I'm reading it right). So, instead of just a binary 0 or 1 (from the electron's charge), you could have different spins meaning different computational thingies. Proper, bleeding edge science, and since I only did GCSE Physics, there's no wonder I'm having trouble grasping bits of it. THAT’s the bit I’m trying to get my head round, because even if it’s a really good insulator, you’re going to lose SOME energy through simple entropy.

As for piggy-backing data, the actual information would be coded into the direction of spin of an electron (again, IF I’m reading it right). So, instead of just a binary 0 or 1 (from the electron’s charge), you could have different spins meaning different computational thingies.

Proper, bleeding edge science, and since I only did GCSE Physics, there’s no wonder I’m having trouble grasping bits of it.

]]> By: SteveTheGeek http://www.mobileshop.com/blog/mobile-phone-blogs/spintronics-this-really-could-change-the-technological-world-forever/comment-page-1/#comment-17245 SteveTheGeek Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:22:40 +0000 http://www.mobileshop.com/blog/?p=3505#comment-17245 Hold on a sec...ZERO loss in energy when passing electrons over this substance? And you can piggy-back data on the electrons? Doesn't that mean a battery made of this stuff would essentially hold it's charge indefinately? And cables made out of this stuff would transfer information with zero resistance, essentially transfering data at the speed of light in a vacuum? Faster than passing an email down a fork of lightning? Correct me if i'm wrong but that's the direction my brain theory-crafts in. A fairly startling discovery. Hold on a sec…ZERO loss in energy when passing electrons over this substance? And you can piggy-back data on the electrons? Doesn’t that mean a battery made of this stuff would essentially hold it’s charge indefinately? And cables made out of this stuff would transfer information with zero resistance, essentially transfering data at the speed of light in a vacuum? Faster than passing an email down a fork of lightning?

Correct me if i’m wrong but that’s the direction my brain theory-crafts in. A fairly startling discovery.

]]> By: TechnicalMarkus http://www.mobileshop.com/blog/mobile-phone-blogs/spintronics-this-really-could-change-the-technological-world-forever/comment-page-1/#comment-17215 TechnicalMarkus Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:41:54 +0000 http://www.mobileshop.com/blog/?p=3505#comment-17215 Ok, I'll grant you have a very fair point, and I did get massively overexcited for no reason, and maybe went a bit far suggesting a petahertz chip. But hey, a guy can dream! It goes to show, though, I shouldn't watch old episodes of Babylon 5 before I write a blog post... lol HOWEVER... terahertz devices aren't outside the realms of possibility, at least according to Science Daily: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090617080717.htm ...and that's still rather exciting! Ok, I’ll grant you have a very fair point, and I did get massively overexcited for no reason, and maybe went a bit far suggesting a petahertz chip. But hey, a guy can dream! It goes to show, though, I shouldn’t watch old episodes of Babylon 5 before I write a blog post… lol

HOWEVER… terahertz devices aren’t outside the realms of possibility, at least according to Science Daily:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090617080717.htm

…and that’s still rather exciting!

]]> By: Kenny http://www.mobileshop.com/blog/mobile-phone-blogs/spintronics-this-really-could-change-the-technological-world-forever/comment-page-1/#comment-17173 Kenny Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:01:17 +0000 http://www.mobileshop.com/blog/?p=3505#comment-17173 Steady on there, chap. It's just a low-power semicondustor technology. It will no more change the world than MOSFETs did when they appeared back in the 80s. It's just an incremental reduction in electrical efficiency. Steady on there, chap. It’s just a low-power semicondustor technology. It will no more change the world than MOSFETs did when they appeared back in the 80s. It’s just an incremental reduction in electrical efficiency.

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