Russians have concept for superconductor memory hundreds of times faster than conventional computer memory with picosecond access

Russian scientists claim to have invented a new superconducting memory architecture that will be 100s of times faster and consume dozens of times less power than conventional memory chips. The Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT, Russia) working with the Moscow State University (MSU, Russia) claim the architecture can also be used to perform single-flux quantum logic operations for superconducting processors, but admits that commercialization is decades away.

"What we have so far is an idea, a concept," Alexander Golubov, the head of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology’s Laboratory of Quantum Topological Phenomena in Superconducting Systems told EE Times. "We expect its proof of principle experiment to be commenced in the near future." After proof of principle, the researchers will begin a "construction testing stage, where the selection of materials and optimization of the topology will be made," said Golubov. "It's hard to evaluate even the approximate time of the technology's possible commercialization, but it's probably decades away."