Superconducting spintronics pave way for next-generation computing

A breakthrough for the field of Spintronics, a new type of technology which it is widely believed could be the basis of a future revolution in computing, has been announced by scientists in Cambridge.

The research, reported in Nature Communications, provides the first evidence that superconductors could be used as an energy-efficient source for so-called "spin-based" devices, which are already starting to appear in microelectronic circuits.

Beyond these early developments, spin-based electronics (or "spintronics") promises the potential to create a new
generation of super-fast computers, capable of processing vast amounts of data in an energy-efficient way.