Is one Trillionth of a second fast enough for a switch?

@ramani-VR4O43 • Oct 25, 2024

Oct 25, 2024

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US Department of Energy researchers at the SLAC lab have set a new record for switching speed.
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Scientists using SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) X-ray laser found that it takes only 1 trillionth of a second to flip the on-off electrical switch in samples of magnetite, which is thousands of times faster than in transistors now in use. The results were published July 28 in Nature Materials.
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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • Aug 6, 2013

We did cover this: <a href="https://www.crazyengineers.com/threads/worlds-fastest-electrical-switch-takes-1-trillionth-of-a-second-to-operate.69542">World's Fastest Electrical Switch Takes 1 Trillionth Of A Second To Operate</a> 😀

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Ramani Aswath

@ramani-VR4O43 • Aug 6, 2013

Foot - in - mouth disease, endemic to Indians. The other in the grave I guess.
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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • Aug 6, 2013

A.V.Ramani
Foot - in - mouth disease, endemic to Indians. The other in the grave I guess.
No worries. Happens to VoiCE authors regularly. 😀
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Jeffrey Arulraj

@jeffrey-xA7lUP • Aug 6, 2013

Hey #-Link-Snipped-# We have our first sight of the 1THz processor mate

IF a switch is that fast in the initial level the rate of processing can further go into the Sub nano sec barrier in the next few years

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Abhishek Rawal

@abhishek-fg9tRh • Aug 6, 2013

#-Link-Snipped-# It's not related to 1THz clock frequency of processor. The transistor switching is increased, so there is improvement in speed, but 1 THz still not possible, trust that.

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