So like, if sand can be used as the first “ingredient” of a CPU, is it possible to use other variants of sand? Or is there only a very SPECIFIC kind of sand used for CPU creation?

So you can’t use fine sand from the beaches of a tropical island or black sand in Iceland?

Sorry if this is dumb, I thought it’d be humorous if you can use any sand as the first resource for building a CPU since they literally come from that source.

  • @CookieOfFortune
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    117 months ago

    You could probably use most sands or rocks, it’s just cheaper to start with more silicon dioxide since the purification processes will result in higher yields.