CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 5, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- A Raytheon BBN
Technologies-led team is developing prototype cryogenic memory
arrays and a scalable control architecture under an award from the
Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity Cryogenic
Computing Complexity program.
The team recently demonstrated an energy-efficient
superconducting/ferromagnetic memory cell—the first integration of
a superconducting switch controlling a cryogenic memory
element.
"This research could generate a new approach to supercomputing
that is more efficient, faster, less expensive, and requires a
smaller footprint," said Zachary
Dutton, Ph.D. and manager of the quantum technologies
division at Raytheon BBN Technologies.
Raytheon BBN is the prime contractor leading a team that
includes:
- Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
- New York University
- Cornell University
- University of Rochester
- University of Stellenbosch
- HYPRES, Inc.
- Canon U.S.A, Inc.,
- Spin Transfer Technologies, Inc.
Raytheon BBN Technologies is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN).
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