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Advances in materials and architecture could lead to silicon-free chip manufacturing thanks to a new type of transistor.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

Awful lot of "could", "maybe" and, "one day" in that article. It's neat to see folks in the lab cook up something new but there's a long way and a lot of hurdles between this and a functional chip. Especially one with the +40% performance and -10% power usage that they're claiming.

[–] Colloidal 2 points 6 days ago

What about it makes it 2D?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Don't the latest chips use 3d to stack more transistors in one spot?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

I just checked the diagrams and I was more concerned about the durability of these gaafets compared to finfets.