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by valarauca1 3997 days ago
Carbon sucks in chips.

C has a 5.5eV band gap while Si has a 1.1 and Ge has a 0.67

Whats bandgap? The energy difference between a conductor/insulator in a semi-conductor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bandgap_in_semiconductor....

The only real reason to switch to carbon chips is noise reduction at the 4nm node (if we ever go that far, we're getting into Long X-Rays at that point for lithography).

Also 4nm node will only be ~16-18 carbon atoms wide.