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Way back in the 90s aerospace was replacing silicon with gallium arsenide to make more efficient and faster chips.

I’m glad to see it’s finally reaching a useful commercial application.

Note that this is Gallium Nitride (GaN,) not Gallium Arsenide (GaAs).

Right but I believe it is a similar process built in the same R&D.

Had forgotten about that. I worked at the Rockwell science center at that time and went into their clean room once and had to put on a “bunny suit” to work on some computers inside it. They had a gallium chip product of some sort.

My dad worked there too. :)

Interesting, curious as to who.

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