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Cold numbers: Superconducting supercomputers and presumptive anomaly.
- Source :
- Industrial & Corporate Change; Apr2020, Vol. 29 Issue 2, p485-505, 21p, 2 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- In February 2014 Time magazine announced to the world that the first quantum computer had been put in use. One key component of this computer is the "Josephson-junction," a superconducting device, based on completely different scientific and technological principles with respect to semiconductors. The origin of superconductors dates back to the 1960s, to a large-scale 20-year long IBM project aimed at building ultrafast computers. We present a detailed study of the relationship between Science and Technology making use of the theoretical tools of presumptive anomaly and technological paradigms : superconductors were developed while the semiconductors revolution was in full swing. We adopt a historiographical approach—using a snowballing technique to sift through the relevant literature from various epistemological domains and technical publications—to extract theoretically robust insights from a narrative which concerns great scientific advancements, technological leaps forward and business-driven innovation. The study we present shows how technological advancements, business dynamics, and policy intertwine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SUPERCOMPUTERS
QUANTUM computers
SUPERCONDUCTORS
SEMICONDUCTORS
SCIENCE
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09606491
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Industrial & Corporate Change
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 142675810
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtz051