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Superconductive Electronics makes use of the effects taking place in superconductors and Josephson junctions. The characteristic frequencies of the resulting circuit elements are - depending on the particular material - in the range of tens to hundreds of GHz. The very low power dissipation of only 0.1 [my]Watt per gate at 100 GHz opens the possibility for creating miniaturized circuits and devices which are significantly faster while dissipating much less energy than semiconductor electronics [1]. Functional and complex circuits like microprocessors and analog-to-digital converters for comrnercial and scientific applications have been demonstrated. Recent activities aim at the creation of superconductive computers suited for equipping data centers [2].