☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to Technology@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 19 hours agoChina’s new silicon-free chip beats Intel with 40% more speed and 10% less energyinterestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up128arrow-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 · 19 hours agomessage-square6fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareEmDash@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·19 hours agoThe article says the transistors are made of bismuth. Isn’t bismuth expensive?
minus-squareIdliketothinkimsmart@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up12·15 hours agoIt probably helps that like 70% of the world’s bismuth comes from china
minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·13 hours 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.
The article says the transistors are made of bismuth. Isn’t bismuth expensive?
It probably helps that like 70% of the world’s bismuth comes from china
It is now: China restricts metal exports in response to US tariffs. Why they’re important.