China-born scientist, once U.S. target, discovers 'best' chip material – Nikkei Asia
MIT professor helps find semiconductor substance better than silicon
NEW YORK — Silicon, used in almost every computer chip, is the material that enabled much of modern technology. But a team of researchers have discovered a possible alternative — what may be “the best semiconductor material ever found.”
Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Houston and other institutions last month published a paper demonstrating a material called cubic boron arsenide is much better at conducting heat and electricity, according to MIT, in a discovery that could pave the way for smaller and faster chips.
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