New 2D chip breakthrough may crush silicon chips forever

China has begun mass production of next-generation processors based on molybdenum disulfide instead of traditional silicon semiconductors[1]. According to Professor Li Hongge’s team at Beihang University, these chips merge binary and stochastic logic to achieve better fault tolerance and power efficiency for applications like touch displays and flight systems[2].

The breakthrough came through developing a Hybrid Stochastic Number (HSN) system that combines traditional binary with probability-based numbers[2:1]. This innovation helps overcome two major challenges in chip technology - the power wall from binary systems’ high energy consumption, and the architecture wall that makes new non-silicon chips difficult to integrate with conventional systems[2:2].

  1. AzerNews - China mass-produces silicon-free chips ↩︎

  2. SCMP - China starts mass production of world’s first non-binary AI chip ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

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    “This allows electrons to flow with almost no resistance, like water through a smooth pipe,” Peng explained.

    Um actually even smooth water pipes have a lot of tubulance since all materials aren’t perfectly smooth so the edges of the pipe have a lot of turbulance which dramatically slows down the water from the theoretical maximum.