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WIRED - Sept. 2003
Relavent background info... we are now able to produce absolutely pure yellow diamonds.
Info relavent to the computer industry...
"Diamond, it turns out, is a geek?s best friend. Not only is it the hardest substance known, it also has the highest thermal conductivity ? tremendous heat can pass through it without causing damage. Today?s speed microprocessors run hot ? at upwards of 200 degrees Fahrenheit. In Fact, they can?t go much faster without failing. Diamond microchips, on the other hand, could handle much higher temperatures, allowing them to run at speeds that would liquefy ordinary silicon. But manufacturers have been loath even to consider using the precious material, because it has never been possible to produce large diamond wafers affordably. With the arrival of Gemesis, the Florida-based company, and Apollo Diamond, in Boston, that is changing. Both startups plan to use the diamond jewlry business to finance their attempt to reshape the semiconducting world."
It'll probably be a while before we'd see this. But... it is a promising idea... since in another part of the article they say a diamond can be made for less than $100 using this technology.
Convo from the article...
Weingarten: "This is a very rare stone. Yellow diamonds of this color are very hard to find. It is probably worth 10, maybe 15 thousand dollars."
Joshua: "I have two more exactly like it in my pocket"
Weingarten: "These are cubic zirconium?"
Joshua: "No, they're real, but they were made by a machine in Florida for less than a hundred dollars."
Weingarten: "Unless they can be detected, these stones will bankrupt the industry."
Relavent background info... we are now able to produce absolutely pure yellow diamonds.
Info relavent to the computer industry...
"Diamond, it turns out, is a geek?s best friend. Not only is it the hardest substance known, it also has the highest thermal conductivity ? tremendous heat can pass through it without causing damage. Today?s speed microprocessors run hot ? at upwards of 200 degrees Fahrenheit. In Fact, they can?t go much faster without failing. Diamond microchips, on the other hand, could handle much higher temperatures, allowing them to run at speeds that would liquefy ordinary silicon. But manufacturers have been loath even to consider using the precious material, because it has never been possible to produce large diamond wafers affordably. With the arrival of Gemesis, the Florida-based company, and Apollo Diamond, in Boston, that is changing. Both startups plan to use the diamond jewlry business to finance their attempt to reshape the semiconducting world."
It'll probably be a while before we'd see this. But... it is a promising idea... since in another part of the article they say a diamond can be made for less than $100 using this technology.
Convo from the article...
Weingarten: "This is a very rare stone. Yellow diamonds of this color are very hard to find. It is probably worth 10, maybe 15 thousand dollars."
Joshua: "I have two more exactly like it in my pocket"
Weingarten: "These are cubic zirconium?"
Joshua: "No, they're real, but they were made by a machine in Florida for less than a hundred dollars."
Weingarten: "Unless they can be detected, these stones will bankrupt the industry."