Carbon Nanotubes Finally Outperform Silicon in Transistors

Re:Carbon Nanotubes Finally Outperform Silicon in Transistors by traviswingo on Friday October 14, 2016 @01:25PM (#12709637)

This is a really important advancement in circuits. We were reaching the physical limits of silicon and it was only a matter of time before we would have to find an alternative to continue the upward trends of transistor performance.

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Re:Carbon Nanotubes Finally Outperform Silicon in Transistors by GregBuchholz on Friday October 14, 2016 @02:13PM (#12710030)

There are quite a few materials which outperform straight silicon, but it is hard to compete with the gigantic amount of existing silicon infrastructure, except for very niche applications.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-electron-mobility_transis...

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