☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 hours agoChina Just Made the World's Fastest Transistor and It Is Not Made of Siliconwww.zmescience.comexternal-linkmessage-square44linkfedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareAstroStelar [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 hours 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.