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> Back at Caltech, one of the students realized that the only thing limiting the brightness of an LED was heat dissipation It takes studying at Caltech to real
by joe_mamba 6mo ago
> Back at Caltech, one of the students realized that the only thing limiting the brightness of an LED was heat dissipation
It takes studying at Caltech to realize semiconductors output are limited by their heat generation? I thought everyone knew this.
- Kirby64 6mo agoThe average person knows literally nothing about semiconductors. I would say it’s not very intuitive how diodes work, unless you’re an electrical engineer.
- WalterBright 6mo agoHaving taken a course in the quantum mechanics of semiconductors, I can vouch for anything involving QM is not intuitive at all. "I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics" -- Richard Feynman