4 ms·
This is why I think silicon carbide based chips are going to be a huge deal: you can run them hot enough that you can actually run a heat engine off of the chip
by chroem- 4y ago
This is why I think silicon carbide based chips are going to be a huge deal: you can run them hot enough that you can actually run a heat engine off of the chip's waste heat to recuperate some of the electricity you spent on computation. Now if only I could figure out how to invest in companies developing this technology...
- picture 4y agoDoesn't silicon carbide have unusual properties for making digital circuits with? SiC diodes have forward voltages higher than regular Si, for example. And additionally, I'm not sure if you can get the same performance on SiC at super high temperature, as even the metalization need to be specialized to handle the heat without too much resistive voltage drop, etc
- AtlasBarfed 4y agoWasn't the original research push for CVD diamonds for CPUs so you could run them 10x hotter?