To be clear: yes, you can make circuits out of all sorts of cool stuff. But, you can't make the high-speed, high-performance, ultra-compact circuits required to meet the demands of the products out of just anything. I'd love to see one doing layout for a big fat BGA device oscillating at 1.5GHz on a lasagna noodle, much less getting down to sub-6-mil traces, or 4+ layers.
Pray tell though, what affordable semi-conductor material is there out there to replace silicon, that is readily recyclable and achieves the same target?
I fear, too many people want their cake and to eat it too - you want the latest and greatest capabilities (want, not need), but you want them to make it in a way which it will not function, so that you can feel good about it. ("You," being the standard consumer, not any one person in particular.)
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To be clear: yes, you can make circuits out of all sorts of cool stuff. But, you can't make the high-speed, high-performance, ultra-compact circuits required to meet the demands of the products out of just anything. I'd love to see one doing layout for a big fat BGA device oscillating at 1.5GHz on a lasagna noodle, much less getting down to sub-6-mil traces, or 4+ layers.
Pray tell though, what affordable semi-conductor material is there out there to replace silicon, that is readily recyclable and achieves the same target?
I fear, too many people want their cake and to eat it too - you want the latest and greatest capabilities (want, not need), but you want them to make it in a way which it will not function, so that you can feel good about it. ("You," being the standard consumer, not any one person in particular.)