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minus-squareEmDashlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 年前The article says the transistors are made of bismuth. Isn’t bismuth expensive?
minus-squareIdliketothinkimsmartlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 年前It probably helps that like 70% of the world’s bismuth comes from china
minus-squaredavellinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 年前It is now: China restricts metal exports in response to US tariffs. Why they’re important. China produced 80% of the world’s bismuth [in 2023]. The metal hasn’t been commercially refined in the U.S. since 1997.
The article says the transistors are made of bismuth. Isn’t bismuth expensive?
It probably helps that like 70% of the world’s bismuth comes from china
It is now: China restricts metal exports in response to US tariffs. Why they’re important.