☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month agoChina Just Made the World's Fastest Transistor and It Is Not Made of Siliconwww.zmescience.comexternal-linkmessage-square45linkfedilinkarrow-up1116arrow-down11cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmygrad.ml
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minus-squareAstroStelar [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoModern CPUs have transistors at least in the tens of millions, the most advanced have billions. A gram of bismuth has ~2*10^21 atoms. Pre-existing impurities would probably be a bigger factor by orders of magnitude.
Modern CPUs have transistors at least in the tens of millions, the most advanced have billions. A gram of bismuth has ~2*10^21 atoms. Pre-existing impurities would probably be a bigger factor by orders of magnitude.