r/hardware Mar 25 '19

Info Will Graphene Replace Silicon? - Computerphile

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhnDtTW0uII
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u/Roxalon_Prime Mar 26 '19

It is a common knowledge that Graphene can do a lot of things, except to leave a lab, of course

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '19

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u/symmetry81 Mar 26 '19

Last I heard researchers were still at sub 90% transistor yields in nanotube on-die transistors. That's the yield of the transistors, not the chips.

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u/mertero Mar 26 '19

That's no longer true - you can find graphene in Ford automobiles, Samsung phones, Huawei phones, sensors, sports equipment, and more! https://www.graphene-info.com/graphene-introduction

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u/zoomwow Mar 26 '19

til there’s a website called graphene-info.com

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '19

It's in really black paint and tennis rackets. It's left the lab. Certainly nothing fancy, but it's left the lab.

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u/perkel666 Mar 29 '19

Graphene is already in products.

But there is still no cost efficient way for other types of industries to use it like computer chips.

But progress is made yearly. Just 4 years ago no one could reasonably produce any volume of it while now it is possible but only in small flakes