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

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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Speed limit set for ultrafast electrical switch

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