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Originally posted by Troubleshooter
I wonder if they might be working with these guys as well:
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There is nothing really special about diamonds. It is believed that if DeBeers did not monopolize the market, then a two carat diamond would sell for $5.
In the meantime, diamond growth is said to be found on the blades sold in the Gillette Mach 3.
Plasma physics is more than just making semiconductors. But it is Intel's mastery of semicondutor construction (ie vapor deposition) that keeps it ahead of AMD. This is where the leadership in semiconductors is obtained and why quantum physics is so important to the future of these companies.
Diamonds and 'silicon on sapphire' are options for transistor substrates (what a transistor is built on). But what remains, the most important material in transistor construction (why we still use silicon), is something more important than diamonds - glass. Only recently have transistor research companies (IBMs failed process and Intel's still secret process) provided new materials that can replace glass. Because glass is so important and because nothing is as good as glass, then we must still use silicon transistors.