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Re:The first high-yield, sub-penny plastic processor by DoingIsLearning on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @05:52AM (#31750929)
> That said, polymers (soft matter) doesn't do well in heat (or light), so applications are (and will forever be) restricted to low-cost throw-away devices IMO.

I can think of plenty of sterile single-use 'use cases' in Medical Devices where a throw away polymer processor would be useful but an existing semi-conductor processor would not make financial sense to use.

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Re:The first high-yield, sub-penny plastic processor by Lester_Square on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @10:36AM (#31753525)
> I can think of plenty of sterile single-use 'use cases' in Medical Devices where a throw away polymer processor would be useful but an existing semi-conductor processor would not make financial sense to use.

Could you provide some examples?

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