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There are a lot of people working on all the mentioned problems - and on many many more. Re garage invention: lithography is probably too big an issue for that
by on_the_train 1y ago
There are a lot of people working on all the mentioned problems - and on many many more.
Re garage invention: lithography is probably too big an issue for that. It's important to keep in mind that we're currently producing a lot of transistors with today's tech. Any alternative would have to match that (eg stamping technologies).
(I work on lithography optics)
- kryptiskt 1y agoAn alternative doesn't have to match all capabilities of the current tech. It "only" has to be competitive in one niche, a la The Innovator's Dilemma. Then it can improve and scale from that beach head, like when CMOS went from low-power applications to world domination.