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jasno999 · Rated NC-17

I am not a computer wiz and know little to nothing about all the pieces and components. But I saw a articl in my popular science this week that I found interesting.

They are lookign at the eventual use of diamons as semiconductors. Where silicon breaks down at 250F the diamond semiconductor can go up to temps of around 1300F. As a result they are sayign processor speed of up to 81Ghz can me reached.

I am guessign that this is pretty far off from becomign reality but can you imagin. It would sort of throw computing and processors as we know them now right out the window.

(The article is on how they are now able to grow flawless diamonds in the lab that are even better than those mined from the earth)