Is this new quantum spintronic chip really 1000x faster with less heat?

[SeekerOfTruth007]

The article is on MSNdotcom. They are saying this should become commercially available around 2030, which is 4 to 6 years faster than estimates from just a few months ago.

Tokyo team unveils chip tech 1,000x faster without heat

Imagine how powerful datacenters will be when retrofitted with this technology?

Imagine how powerful computer modeling of the weather will be? This might actually be powerful enough to correctly predict spin-up tornadoes, and surely is powerful enough to predict long-track tornadoes.

Imagine never winning a game against the AI on an Real Time Strategy game again?

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They are talking about using 100x less energy to do calculations 1000x faster.

[jshm2]

Yeah, the Germans and Chinese have also made Photonic GPUs and NPUs that are faster than anything the USA or Nvidia have.

In fact the Germans are using theirs already in supercomputers.

The benefit is less power, less cooling and less infrastructure required. However on the "cons" is more complex programming, more investment to build out capacity, and more specialised engineering to build, maintain and repair.

Contrary to belief - these are not for "AI" - it is too advanced for AI. It is more for crunching data at rates silicon cannot manage. Hence the use of "light" instead.

[SeekerOfTruth007]

There are recent breakthroughs in both optical computing (likely for modems) and spintronic computing, likely for processors and RAM. The "Internet 2.0" is going to be as big of a revolution as the original internet if this comes to fruition as they expect these technologies to work out.

There will be Terahertz band modems on the market in about 4 or 5 years now.

[OneViewpoint]

The advance marketing of new technology always outshines the reality. Let's see when it's actually released. What the performance actually is. And how cost efficient it is. Also, how many applications actually require that processing speed?

[NathanDavis]

a prediction is always going to be a prediction though...