{"id":240551,"date":"2026-07-09T20:04:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T01:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/china-built-a-working-cpu-with-transistors-just-3-atoms-thick"},"modified":"2026-07-09T20:04:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T01:04:58","slug":"china-built-a-working-cpu-with-transistors-just-3-atoms-thick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/china-built-a-working-cpu-with-transistors-just-3-atoms-thick","title":{"rendered":"China Built a Working CPU With Transistors Just 3 Atoms Thick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sy51pt5o0aI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Recommended RISC-V development and chip-inspection tools:<\/p>\n<p>Freenove Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W \u2014 Dual ARM and RISC-V Microcontroller:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4eOMIlu\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/4eOMIlu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Seeed Studio XIAO ESP32C3 \u2014 Compact 32-Bit RISC-V Development Board:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4v1d1Lh\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/4v1d1Lh<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Raspberry Pi Pico 2 WH Basic Kit \u2014 Dual ARM and RISC-V Architecture:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4euVwOu\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/4euVwOu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Elikliv 1000X LCD Digital Microscope for Electronics Inspection:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4xY2hA7\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/4xY2hA7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Disclosure: These are affiliate links. I may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/china-built-a-working-cpu-with-transistors-just-3-atoms-thick\">Continue reading \u201cChina Built a Working CPU With Transistors Just 3 Atoms Thick\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recommended RISC-V development and chip-inspection tools: Freenove Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W \u2014 Dual ARM and RISC-V Microcontroller: https:\/\/amzn.to\/4eOMIlu. Seeed Studio XIAO ESP32C3 \u2014 Compact 32-Bit RISC-V Development Board: https:\/\/amzn.to\/4v1d1Lh. Raspberry Pi Pico 2 WH Basic Kit \u2014 Dual ARM and RISC-V Architecture: https:\/\/amzn.to\/4euVwOu. Elikliv 1000X LCD Digital Microscope for Electronics Inspection: https:\/\/amzn.to\/4xY2hA7 Disclosure: These [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-particle-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240551\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}