Boffins baking big-data single chip architecture Some use software – caching, in-memory transactions or BigTable-style algorithms to cluster and control groups of servers. For others, the answer lies in the hardware: packing more cores into chips or making the transistors faster. Both schools are looking for ways to make applications, computers and servers capable of …
maybe it's a state where the atoms constituent parts are restrained from adopting an alternative position / state - they remain locked into half the available conditions and therefore stable ? Dunno to be honest just guessing, which isn't the best scientific stand point I know. (pub science is fun but all too often fundamentally flawed - I remain open to clarification)
Quote [ The really big challenge comes in mastering spin: // “We need to get control over that process," he said. "We’ve done the best anyone can do, but it’s still not enough for this project."]
Maybe its time for a Master Spin Doctor or 2, Call in Mandy or Tony.
They can fix it in no time.
;P
This comes off as quite the rah rah piece. I hope they do succeed in making a cool new device, but it's worth pointing out that spintronics has been the next big thing for over a decade (I remember reading about how it was going to change the world and kill power consumption back in '99).
I'm not sure I really believe claims of "device readiness in three years" for an entirely novel process, driven primarily by academia. Dissertation completion/funding completion in three years, is a different story.
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