> The new bismuth-based transistor could revolutionize chip design, offering higher efficiency while bypassing silicon’s limitations [...]
> Their newly developed 2D transistor is said to be 40% faster than the latest 3-nanometre silicon chips from Intel and TSMC while consuming 10% less energy. This innovation, they say, could allow China to bypass the challenges of silicon-based chipmaking entirely.
> “It is the fastest, most efficient transistor ever,” according to an official statement published last week on the PKU website.
ScholarlyArticle: "Low-power 2D gate-all-around logics via epitaxial monolithic 3D integration" (2025) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41563-025-02117-w
"China’s new silicon-free chip beats Intel with 40% more speed and 10% less energy" (2025) https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/chinas-chip-ru... :
> The new bismuth-based transistor could revolutionize chip design, offering higher efficiency while bypassing silicon’s limitations [...]
> Their newly developed 2D transistor is said to be 40% faster than the latest 3-nanometre silicon chips from Intel and TSMC while consuming 10% less energy. This innovation, they say, could allow China to bypass the challenges of silicon-based chipmaking entirely.
> “It is the fastest, most efficient transistor ever,” according to an official statement published last week on the PKU website.