Why copper still rules the motherboard trace
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#3Copper from electronics is recyclable, so I'm guessing we should see more recycling of electronics if there are any mining difficulties.
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#4Copper from electronics is recyclable, so I'm guessing we should see more recycling of electronics if there are any mining difficulties.
I think its unlikely we will ever run into any real copper shortages longterm. It is a pretty common metal across the world and if costs start to rise there are tons of copper mining areas sitting around waiting for the economics of mining to be profitable.
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#5Copper will remain relevant for some things, but the very high-end will probably start using SiP-to-SiP fiber, and the low-end (consumer devices) have everything bunched so close together you have to ask "what trace?"
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#6This is a tedious read that is mostly tangents from the headline. The question of “why copper?” is mostly about why not aluminum, silver, or gold. The article touches on aluminum but never bothers to answer why not silver/gold.
This article has no central thesis and is instead a mishmash of random facts about electricity flow through circuit boards (often weirdly specific at that). Don't read this article hoping to find an answer to the question posed in the headline
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#7Copper is not self sealing and thus destroys the electronics when breached by humidity? Makes it ideal.
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#8Money. Whether it's material cost, technological complexity or lower efficiency reasons, regardless, the reason is money.
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#9Next: OpenAI buys all the copper mines.
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#10Copper from electronics is recyclable, so I'm guessing we should see more recycling of electronics if there are any mining difficulties.
I think its unlikely we will ever run into any real copper shortages longterm. It is a pretty common metal across the world and if costs start to rise there are tons of copper mining areas sitting around waiting for the economics of mining to be profitable.
Copper price is up ~500% since 2000 btw, this is already downregulating its use.
Not sure what your benchmark for shortage is, but if we had similar price development with fuel people would've gone ballistic.
It's quite possible that this will further escalate over the next decades, because demand is continuously rising and mining/recycling is not keeping up with it.