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Angelo Di Bernardo (Research Fellow / Dept. of Physics) spoke about "Superconducting spintronics – a new paradigm shift towards energy-efficient computing"
 
Abstract:
The constant demand for faster and more miniaturized electronics is challenging scientists to develop new quantum technologies, where digital information is processed and encoded using “active elements” on the scale size of single atoms and electrons. Whilst increasing the scalability, meaning the number of electronic devices per unit area in, the power consumption and thermal management resulting from such an increase in devices density has also become a reason of major concern. It is estimated that the generation of supercomputers currently under development will have a power consumption in the sub-gigawatt range, which is equivalent to the power produced by a small power plant.

One of the most promising technologies that can address these technological challenges is superconducting spintronics, which stems from the idea of combining ferromagnet materials with superconductors to process information with high speed and scalability and very low energy dissipation. In this talk, after briefly reviewing the foundations of superconducting spintronics, I will review its current state of the art and the future challenges that it will have to face to become the de-facto standard technological solution in the fields of large-scale computing and quantum information.