Tough barriers

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Tough barriers

posted on May 01, 2014 01:30PM

Silicon is cheaper, more easily integrateable, and less toxic (however GaAs does exist in currently used components). Do we see these barriers being broken? Why did Intel not explore GaAs, as it makes a lot of sense from an optical properties perspective.