Stefan Mileschin

Sutherland says to have another look at pre-CMOS tech

Ivan Sutherland, who played a key role in foundational computer technologies, said that there is a way for the US to claim the mantle in "superconducting" chips.

Ivan Sutherland created Sketchpad more than 60 years ago. This was a software system that foretold the future of interactive and graphical computing. In the 1970s, he played a role in rallying the computer industry to build a new type of microchip with hundreds of thousands of circuits that would become the foundation of today's semiconductor industry.

Now Sutherland, who is 84, believes the United States is failing at a crucial time to consider alternative chip-making technologies that would allow the country to reclaim the lead in building the most advanced computers.

He said that by relying on supercooled electronic circuits that switch without electrical resistance and, generate no excess heat at higher speeds, computer designers could circumvent the greatest technological barrier to faster machines.

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