wilcroft t1_it3gbif wrote on October 20, 2022 at 5:31 PM

Reply to comment by Rubiks443 in The End of Moore’s Law: Silicon computer chips are nearing the limit of their processing capacity. But is this necessarily an issue? Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies by CPHfuturesstudies

Just to FYI: Silicon = semiconductor metal, Silicone (with an “e”) is the rubber your spatula is made from.

Also, with no disrespect to your friend’s work, we already have many materials we could use over Silicon, but silicon is cheap, abundant, and relatively easy to refine. Many of the other materials aren’t, so even if they’re faster or more power efficient they’ll never see the light of day because they’re economically infeasible.