UCSB Group Debuts Working Spintronics Gate

An unnamed reader writes: "A group at UC Santa Barbara has demonstrated a working spintronics gate. Such technology could be used to construct a 'combined unit that integrates logic, storage, and communication for computing,' such as very small super-fast nonvolatile RAM. The group has a press release here."

Re:Huh?

[TinWeasle]

What the hell is a "combined unit that integrates logic, storage, and communication for computing"?

In short, a processor with on-board RAM and I/O. But reeeeeeeeeeeeally tiny.

DARPA

[FieldTheory]

Before you know it, John Ascroft will be putting spintronic nanospies into our Mountain Dew and Dr. Norton will tell us our bloodstream is fine.

tight!

[global_diffusion]

This will go great with my techtronics turntable.

Pie in the sky is right.

[Kibo]

I can't help noticing that these were made with Gallium Arsnide. Since our current prefered semiconductor technology is sillicon and so intractably entrenched I'll be holding off on my prediction of the onset of the Diamond Age.

While the technology is certainly amazing I think the only place we're likely to see it is on TRW's fine products, at least for the near future. Had they fabricated their device in sillicon I'd be more hopeful.