Why is silicon needed in the 1st place? For that matter, why any semi- conductor? Why not just use the copper electric circuits? Semi- conductors are half-way between conductor and insulator?
Couldn't air be used as a "semiconductor"? I assume that the voltages used by chips' circuit could pass through air if the distance between the copper conductor is close enough -- though this would decrease the amperages, as the current has to flow to air [a powerful insulator]. I guess [assuming a constant voltage and constanst air density] that a greater distance between the coppers will result in a lower amperage while a closer distance will result. Then there is a point where the distance is too great for electricity [at voltages used by chips' circuits] to flow through the air gap. A higher voltage can generate current at greater distances between coppers, than a lower voltage can. Right?
AFAIK, in digital integrated circuits:
1 = higher amperage
0 = lower amperage
So a 1 would consist of shorter gaps between coppers [to increase the amperage], while a 0 would consist of longer gaps between coppers [to decrease the amperage].
One problem is see involves, how to store the current. Maybe certain types of electrets that do not permanently store electricity? Or maybe storage isn't even necessary, if the spaces between coppers make up the configuration of the electronic information.
Metals conduct by electron movement. Semiconductors conduct by electron and hole movement. So you can play a lot more tricks with semiconductors. For example, you can't make a diode with just metals.
Air pretty much doesn't conduct at all. The closest you can get to an active device using air is maybe a triggered spark gap; it would be tough to design a TV set using only triggered spark gaps.
Okay. What compromises the possibility of using microscopic spark gaps in place of silicon in computer chip?
I fantasize about a microprocessor chip made up of extremely small spark gaps in place of semiconductor solids. Any chance of this fantasy becoming reality? If not, then why?
One potential advantage of this chip -- that I can think of -- would be the ability to tolerate high-voltage static electricity and high temperatures that would certainly damage the chips used in today's PCs.
I've searched Massiveprong and came up with tons of posts -- all spams and trolls. What about Altivar? As hard as I tried to look, I could not find any posts by Altivar.
I have tried to find Altivar's posts but failed. I am now getting VERY frustrated.
Sorry for my harshness but I just cannot find posts under the name "Altivar". Will someone please please please please show me posts under the name "Altivar", before I get really angry and do something that I'll eternally regret???????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Once against I apologize bigtime for my rudeness ever so profusely but I am really flustered right now. Its like trying to solve an ^^extremely^^ difficult math problem and failing miserably.
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Maybe its this guy:
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Though, mostly likely not.
This is all I found. None which relate to trolling or spamming.
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This is "Lord Altivar", not "Altivar", there is a huge huge difference.
The email address of Lord Altivar -- not Altivar -- is: mpara_at_rpa_dot_net
His posts are responses are non-trollish non-spamish responses to posts. He never started any threads.
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I would be willing to check my local gaming supply store I think they still had some of the old stuff I could check... also I have the book so I could take a day to scan the whole thing in for proper compensation seeing as it is a felony to pirate copies...
From: "Lord Altivar" Subject: Re: An ICQ Activelist for Cyberpunk? Date: 1999/09/21 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 528169660 References: Organization:
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Well, will someone please answer my question????????????????????????????????????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
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