
Encore: Beyond Silicon? The New Materials Charting the Future of Microchips
WSJ’s The Future of EverythingMicrochips are in pretty much all of our electronic devices—if it’s got a plug or a battery, it’s probably got a chip. For the past 60 years, most of these have been made of silicon. But new devices demand faster, better, and more efficient processors, and engineers are hitting silicon’s physical limits. In this encore episode of the Future of Everything, WSJ’s Alex Ossola digs into the future of chips—how scientists are boosting silicon’s capabilities and looking for other materials that could take its place.
Further reading:
Graphene and Beyond: The Wonder Materials That Could Replace Silicon in Future Tech
The Microchip Era Is Giving Way to the Megachip Age
Chips Act Will Create More Than One Million Jobs, Biden Says
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03/03/23 • 20 min

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