☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to Technology@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 4 days agoChina’s new silicon-free chip beats Intel with 40% more speed and 10% less energyinterestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkChina’s new silicon-free chip beats Intel with 40% more speed and 10% less energyinterestingengineering.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to Technology@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square6fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareEmDash@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoThe article says the transistors are made of bismuth. Isn’t bismuth expensive?
minus-squaredavel@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoIt is now: China restricts metal exports in response to US tariffs. Why they’re important. China produced 80% of the world’s bismuth [in 2023]. The metal hasn’t been commercially refined in the U.S. since 1997.
minus-squareIdliketothinkimsmart@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoIt probably helps that like 70% of the world’s bismuth comes from china
The article says the transistors are made of bismuth. Isn’t bismuth expensive?
It is now: China restricts metal exports in response to US tariffs. Why they’re important.
It probably helps that like 70% of the world’s bismuth comes from china