Tiny, high-speed switches are the heart of all microelectronic devices, including the chips that operate computers and other devices.
Ornet paved the way in developing high-speed switches for local area networks.
Each field gets its own high-speed switch (HP Procure 9300 series) which are interconnected using 8 to 20 gigabit links.
Then the high-speed mechanical switch is opened.
The 40 devices were said to be krytrons - high-speed electronic switches used to detonate the conventional explosive charges in a nuclear warhead.
They also said they wanted high-speed switches of a type also used in nuclear weapons.
In high-speed switches, the settings of all of the cross-points must be determined and then set millions or billions of times per second.
Semiconductors with variable conductivity can be used as high-speed switches or electronic valves in integrated circuits.
The devices, high-speed electrical switches called triggered spark gaps, are typically used in hospitals to break apart kidney stones.
This technology depended on the invention of high-speed electronic switches, advanced computers and systems that respond automatically and almost instantly to changes.
