Electron travels at about a third the speed of light "c" in common conductors such as metals.
This new super material conducts electrons at about 1000x that speed, so roughly 300c. Since c is the speed limit for pretty much all particles (save tachyons) and c is the barrier for causality, time and light, it means that electrons conducted by GaN travel faster than time itself. Thus your phone would be charged before you plugged it in.
It's just amazing! No wonder 4x more people want to buy these chargers
I think they mean that using gallium they can create transistors and diodes with 1000x lower resistance, and therefore lower waste heat.
1000x is a bit of an exaggeration, but the tech does work. These are basically little switching power supplies, which as the name suggests uses a silicon switch in the form of a MOSFET. The switch gets warm because it's not a perfect conductor of electricity, some of that energy gets turned into heat. Making it more efficient means you can have a smaller power supply due to
Anker’s new 60W USB-C GaN charger looks like the one we’ve been waiting for [theverge.com]
The next generation of wall chargers is getting smaller and better [theverge.com]
Could someone summarize this for me in a way that isn't scientifically illiterate?
Sure!
Electron travels at about a third the speed of light "c" in common conductors such as metals.
This new super material conducts electrons at about 1000x that speed, so roughly 300c. Since c is the speed limit for pretty much all particles (save tachyons) and c is the barrier for causality, time and light, it means that electrons conducted by GaN travel faster than time itself. Thus your phone would be charged before you plugged it in.
It's just amazing! No wonder 4x more people want to buy these chargers
I think they mean that using gallium they can create transistors and diodes with 1000x lower resistance, and therefore lower waste heat.
1000x is a bit of an exaggeration, but the tech does work. These are basically little switching power supplies, which as the name suggests uses a silicon switch in the form of a MOSFET. The switch gets warm because it's not a perfect conductor of electricity, some of that energy gets turned into heat. Making it more efficient means you can have a smaller power supply due to
no link to a product to look at
PowerPort Atom PD 1 [anker.com]