New Solution For Your Transistor BBQ 191
servantsoldier writes "There's a new solution for the transistor heat problem: Make them out of charcoal... The AP is reporting that Japanese researchers, led by Daisuke Nakamura of Toyota Central R&D Laboratories Inc., have discovered a way to use silicon carbide instead of silicon in the creation of transistor wafers. The Japanese researchers discovered that they can build silicon carbide wafers by using a multiple-step process in which the crystals are grown in several stages. As a result, defects are minimized. Other benefits are decreased weight and a more rugged material. The researchers say that currently only a 3" wafer has been produced and that a marketable product is at least six years away."
Awesome (Score:0, Funny)
Sigh, i must be really tired. (Score:4, Funny)
but i read "...that Japanese researchers, led by Duke Nukem of Toyota Central R&D Laboratories Inc.,
other than this, Great, if this works in practice well be having new smaller cpus for everything.
but im still waiting for a pda without screen, that uses my glasses as a screen.. but thats more of scifi than reality.
Re:Sigh, i must be really tired. (Score:2, Funny)
Making glasses into a screen is the easy part. The hard part is making them look like ordinary glasses, rather than a big sign proclaiming 'GEEK!'
In Japan... (Score:5, Funny)
Hirohito: Oh! You must have very big wafer!
Owner: Excuse me?! I was just asking you what you're up to with this manufacturing process!
Nothing! We are very simple people with very small wafer! Mr. Hosek's wafer is especially small!
Hosek: He he he! So small!
Hirohito: We cannot achieve much with so small wafer! But, you Americans! Wow! Wafer so big! SO BIG Wafer!
Owner: Well, I-I guess it is a pretty good size
Charcoal processors? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:I for one... (Score:3, Funny)
Six years away? Super! (Score:5, Funny)
I can't wait!
Re:Finally... Heat can be put to good use (Score:5, Funny)
Steve Jobs it coming! (Score:5, Funny)
"You know, our next big step is we want it to make toast," Jobs answered. "I want to brown my bagels when I'm listening to my music."
Damn Steve, again, he saw this charcoal technology coming before anybody.
update your calendar (Score:2, Funny)
duplicate /. article incoming ... estimated period of arrival: 6 years later .. please update your calendar for Aug2010
The good news, the bad news.... (Score:5, Funny)
The bad news, is that the aluminum casing of your PC will melt at this temperature, so your PC will need te be built from titanium.
Re:Still not the solution (Score:2, Funny)
I've never been able to figure out how many libraries of congress a metric buttload is.