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200 points rbanffy | 1 comments | 21 Oct 25 11:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.235s | source

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chasil ◴[21 Oct 25 13:59 UTC] No.45655900[source]▶

Why not just use the diamond as the semiconductor?

Edit: Because they are polycrystalline, and produced with a very new and novel technology.

"Our diamonds are a polycrystalline coating no more than a couple of micrometers thick."

1. aidenn0 ◴[21 Oct 25 22:36 UTC] No.45662608[source]▶

Diamond is a wide-bandgap semiconductor; if it can be made to work, it would couplete with GaN and SiC, not silicon.

Diamond Thermal Conductivity: A New Era in Chip Cooling