The Discovery of a New Semiconductor Can Change Everything
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In this video, the presenter discusses a groundbreaking discovery in semiconductor materials: Indium Selenide, which demonstrates exceptional ferroelectric and piezoelectric properties, potentially revolutionizing the memory technology landscape. The material is capable of functioning at up to a billion times less energy consumption, enabling new applications in phase-change memory, which could replace conventional RAM and SSDs by allowing for the storage of data in a continuum rather than binary form. The video also explores advancements in semiconductor technologies, including TSMC’s work on 2nm devices, new materials for post-silicon computing, and alternative memory technologies like Computational RAM. The presenter concludes with a list of the top five technological breakthroughs of 2024 in semiconductors, reflecting on the exponential advances in the field and their implications for the future.