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by Joel_Mckay 94 days ago
Silicon has 23 known isotopes, and now you why it will unlikely ever be economical to reach 0 defects in a business context.

Modern chip designs do include over-provisioned features, so designers can often selectively downgrade areas that are not viable.

Chenming Hu books about solar cell physics and semiconductors are quite accessible. =3