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Re:Move over lithium-ion: Zinc-air batteries a cheaper and s... by murderfs on Friday September 08, 2023 @02:34PM (#37437548)
Gallium nitride is a replacement for silicon in transistors, and you haven't heard anything because they've won. Any USB-C PD charger you see that provides more than 50W or so and isn't a gigantic brick is a GaN charger. Take a look at any reputable manufacturer's site and you'll find a section about how their chargers use gallium nitride transistors, e.g. https://www.belkin.com/products/product-resources/gan-charge..., https://www.anker.com/ganprime, etc.
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Re:Move over lithium-ion: Zinc-air batteries a cheaper and s... by javchz on Friday September 08, 2023 @10:49PM (#37441751)
The funny thing about big innovations like GaN is that they become mundane and invisible after the hype, but end up in a lot of places without most people realising it (like for Apple users, it's not GaN chargers, it's just the MacBook charger).

Even graphene has a lot of real-world applications that are far removed from the sci-fi marketing of speculators, but offer a great advance over past technology.

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