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#225 – Jeffrey Shainline: Neuromorphic Computing and Optoelectronic Intelligence

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Silicon Is a Unique Semiconductor

The technology is enabled by the physics of our world. Silicon is a unique semiconductor, it has essentially ideal properties for making a specific kind of transistor that's extraordinarily useful. And we are blessed with these polymers that have the right property where they can cause vision events where the polymer splits where a photon hits. It all comes together to have this really complex, manufacturable ecosystem where very sophisticated technologies can be devised and it works quite well.

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