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joe_mambayesterday at 9:08 PM1 replyview on HN

> Back at Caltech, one of the students realized that the only thing limiting the brightness of an LED was heat dissipation

It takes studying at Caltech to realize semiconductors output are limited by their heat generation? I thought everyone knew this.


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Kirby64yesterday at 9:21 PM

The average person knows literally nothing about semiconductors. I would say it’s not very intuitive how diodes work, unless you’re an electrical engineer.

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