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What is the Most Important Element of Transistor Technology?

You will build a chip factory next to the boron mines and take the chip market by storm with chips made of cubic boron arsenide! Does anyone have 30 billion euros? Dollars will do!

I recently wrote an article on transistors, in which I talked about the latest developments in transistor technology.

The element silicon (silicon in English!) is the most important element in today's transistor technology, because silicon is a semiconductor and transistors can only be made with semiconductors.

Pure silicon is an element with very good semiconducting properties.

Unfortunately, the heat resistance of silicon is not enough for today's processors, which operate at very high speeds. Chips are burning!

That's why I mentioned in that article that chip technology is being worked on with new materials.

One of the most recently tested materials is silicon carbonate, a composite material in which carbon atoms are mixed between silicon atoms.

Even on the boron mine, which is abundant in our country, since the heat resistance of boron is quite high, why not, we need to take a look, I wonder if boron can be used in transistor technology, and I also mentioned a question that stuck in my mind.

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It seems that I am not the only one with this question.

When I was looking at the last topic, I saw that there were also studies on this subject.

Yes, it seems that experiments with an alloy called boron-arsenite have been successful.

I'm telling you, in order to make faster transistors, the heat problem needs to be solved and this heat resistance problem is really an issue that hinders the progress in transistor technology. 

The technology world is working hard to solve this problem.

If heat is the problem, then a heat-resistant material will solve the problem, and yes, boron is a highly heat-resistant material. The obvious is not a guide. 

The alloy of boron called "cubic boron arsenide" shows semiconducting properties!

Arsenic is an element with atomic number 33 and denoted by "As" in the periodic table. It is a very common element in nature together with sulfur and metals.

It is said that boron arsenide, which has even better properties than silicon carbonate, could be the main ingredient of tomorrow's transistors.

Especially if it can maintain its properties under high temperatures, an ideal semiconductor material has been found.

The only problem that remains is the cost, which I think can be reduced by saying that when large quantities are needed, we will gain from versioning.

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Where was Boron coming out?

Bor'un bazaar is over, ride your donkey to Niğde!

We also have a city called Bor, but Eskişehir - Kırka, Kütahya - Emet, Balıkesir - Bigadiç and Bursa - Kestelek were the places with boron mines in our country.

Look, Bursa was also the hometown of my great-great-grandparents. Although we don't know anyone from Bursa anymore, but once upon a time my brother went to Bursa to live there. Bursa is a beautiful place, I like it too. 

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Or should we build a chip factory in Bursa? 

Wouldn't that be great? 

You will build a chip factory right next to the boron mines and you will take the chip market by storm with chips made of cubic boron arsenide!

Does anyone have 30 billion euros? Dollars too! Let's get together and invest in a chip factory in Bursa. 

OK, don't argue among yourselves, it doesn't matter to me, Eskişehir is fine, Kütahya is fine, Balıkesir is fine.

Even Bor if there is a boron.

You start collecting money among yourselves, I will join you, don't worry!

30 billion is a lot of money, you say? And in Euros! If it were Turkish lira, we could collect that much money in no time, but it is difficult when it is in Euros or Dollars.

What can we do, I wrote yesterday, a chip factory investment costs that much money.

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Look, the folk song "Uncle Grocery Store" just came to my mind.

Uncle Bakkal uncle bakkal uncle (What's up)

Do you have butter (I do)

Do you have Uniyi (I do)

Does he have sugar (Yes, he does)

What are you waiting for (What should I do)

Make halva, make halva

Make halva, wow wow make halva

Greetings to dear Mahmut Tuncer.

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There is flour and sugar, but unfortunately there is no money to make halva. 

Our country is famous for its boron mines, but we can't even think of making transistor raw materials from boron.

Even if we do, what will you do with the raw material? 

That boron mine is worth three cents if you sell it as raw material.

The virtue is to add value to it.

When it turns into a chip, who knows how much money it is worth!

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The rest of the song is good too:

Uncle driver, uncle driver, uncle driver (What's up?)

Is there a car (There is) Is there gasoline (There is)

Are there passengers (There are) What are you waiting for (What should I do)

Gasa bassana gaz bassana Gaza bassana vay vay gaza bassana

We were extracting gas from the Black Sea, weren't we? 

Our ships were cruising around in the Mediterranean too. They were dredging.

What happened to them? Does anyone know?

Gasoline has gone up again, let me tell you! Gasoline has become very expensive, don't step on the gas too much, economize a little!

Love and respect to everyone from Moscow

Araştırmacı Yazar Deniz BURSALIOĞLU
Author Deniz BURSALIOĞLU
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  • 31.01.2024
  • Time : 3 min
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