In this article, it talks about how the development of transparent integrated circuits will "enable extremely inexpensive electronics for use in 'throw away' devices". Why? I can see the utility of them, but the article doesn't talk about their being cheaper to produce than their opaque cousins or anything. Anyone able to provide any insight into this? It's entirely possible that I'm missing something obvious here; I'm feeling exhausted, and I could have skipped some key sentence without even noticing.
Posted by TrapperKeeper (Member # 7680) on :
quote: The technology can enable extremely inexpensive electronics for use in "throw away" devices, and is expected to be used in automobile windshields, cell phones, TVs, games, and toys, among other applications, OSU said.
Second Sentence. "...enable extremely inexpensive.."
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Sure, I saw that--quoted it, in fact. What I was asking was why they think that that will be the case.
Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
I don't think it's that the transparent IC's are cheaper than their opaque counterparts; they're not. I think it's saying that IC circuits are cheap to produce, and the fact that they can now be made nearly invisible means they have a much wider range of applications. Still, that's a horrible sentence.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :