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This is a really important advancement in circuits. We were reaching the physical limits of silicon and it was only a matter of time before we would have to fin
by traviswingo 10y ago
This is a really important advancement in circuits. We were reaching the physical limits of silicon and it was only a matter of time before we would have to find an alternative to continue the upward trends of transistor performance.
- GregBuchholz 10y agoThere are quite a few materials which outperform straight silicon, but it is hard to compete with the gigantic amount of existing silicon infrastructure, except for very niche applications. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-electron-mobility_transistor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-electron-mobility_transis...