https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1306.3008/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10001921urn:hackerpapers:mention:1306.3008:10001921Tue, 04 Aug 2015 06:07:09 GMT<p>If you want to read the details on how it works, I suggest this paper [1] &quot;Large-gap quantum spin Hall insulators in tin films&quot;. The real hope is that this will be a replacement for the conductors in traditional silicon. You still have the heat bottleneck when you hit a traditional conductor. The dissipation free property breaks down at about 100C for this material, so you are going to have an issue with what ever is interacting with that 200A. [1] http://arxiv.org/pdf/1306.3008</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1306.3008/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cond-mat.mtrl-sci