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Re:New superconductor microprocessor yields a substantial bo... by jessriedel on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @04:30PM (#25768219)
The topic of discussion is datacenter vs. an extremely small cryocooler. What is the other polynomial scaling paradigm that would cancel out the datacenter's advantage?
Re:New superconductor microprocessor yields a substantial bo... by whatshisface on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @08:46PM (#25770736)
The effectiveness of thermal insulators and heat pumps. If they make the cost difference negligible then other costs will dominate. We're talking about future decades of material science advancements here, a lot is possible.