Finally a good use for diamonds.
this post was submitted on 14 Nov 2024
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you know they're used as a cutting tool
Yes, I do.
so just sayin theyre not all sparklers on marilyn monroe's finger as she strokes her mink shawl
Diamonds are the most over rated gems in existence. The notion of their rarity was fabricated to inflate their price; it is one of the most common gems, to the point there are places in our solar system where it rains diamonds. And even on Earth, the existing reserves are very carefully controlled to ensure prices do not drop because if it were to be commercially escavated at full capacity, it would flood and dunk the market, permanently.
So finding other uses for pure carbon gems is a plus, although the ones going into this use will certainly be synthetic ones.
Finally! I read about diamond thermal paste and heat spreaders 20 years ago.
This is a substrate, the piece that holds all the parts of a CPU together and that is currently made using fibreglass
That's much better!
Kinda fitting to think we might see Nvidia cards with literal diamonds in them.
Except man made diamonds cost pennies to make compared to natural diamond
I'm sure Nvidia would disagree. Everything is expensive to them.