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IlIIlllIIlllllI t1_j08pupi wrote

Reply to comment by orincoro in Japan to Manufacture 2nm Chips With a Little Help From IBM by Avieshek

heat is a bigger problem

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Hodr t1_j0bvehy wrote

Heat is more of a materials issue. Once they hit the wall they can move to GaAs or other semiconductors.

The only reason we still use silicon is the existing infrastructure and the relative abundance of the element.

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