Interesting. If these results hold up, it could change how we handle heat in electronics. The question is whether this can be produced reliably and integrated into chips at a reasonable cost. If they figure that out, the biggest upside is energy savings for the data centers that the Ai industry relies on.
The electronics industry has been using boron and arsenic for many years, so integrating it should not be a big problem.
The the ‘trick’ is to make flawless crystals at scale.................
Most electronics is ruled over by the ROHS regulations which ban certain toxic materials. At first I thought that the arsenic would be a problem. It turns out that ROHS does not restrict arsenic. Go figure.
it could change how we handle heat in electronics.
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Are we presently using diamonds? Probably not, but asking.