Germanium computer chips gain ground on silicon — again
Excerpt from the February 25, 1967, issue of Science News
ANOTHER SHOT Researchers are turning back to germanium, a metal widely used in fiber optic cables, infrared cameras and dark matter detectors, to solve their computing woes.
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First germanium integrated circuits
Integrated circuits made of germanium instead of silicon have been reported … by researchers at International Business Machines Corp.