Could a diamond wafer as wide as a basketball be China’s trump card in AI race?
Researchers in China have developed a method for creating large, high-purity synthetic diamonds, potentially offering a significant advantage in AI hardware development. The team from the Harbin Institute of Technology used microwave plasma chemical vapour deposition (MPCVD) to grow single-crystal diamonds, with the potential to produce wafers as large as a basketball. This breakthrough addresses the critical challenge of heat dissipation in high-performance computing, which is crucial for next-generation AI. AI
IMPACT Potential for advanced AI hardware by overcoming heat dissipation limitations.