berryh@udel.EDU (John Berryhill) (05/10/89)
In article <13633@ncoast.ORG> allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon S. Allbery) writes: >Also, RT superconductors would make possible smaller and faster electronic >components. Note that in this case, power isn't the question; the power >losses in non-superconducting media show up as noise which affects nearby >components when those components get close enough together... as, for >example, on a densely packed silicon ship. Since closeness of components >affects speed (the closer together they are, the faster they run), anything >which reduces the noise-causing losses makes possible enormously faster >components. I fail to see how superconductors would be immune to capacitive coupling at small geometries. I further fail to see how the RC constant of a given interconnection will decrease. The output resistance of the device *driving* the interconnection will still be finite (and greater than the wire resistance). Could someone please enlighten me? John Berryhill 143 King William Newark, DE 19711