plastic chips

if computer chips could be made of plastic 

then the communication inside the chip between transistors 

could be photons instead of electrons 

since plastic can be transparent for photons to travel through it 

and if the transistors were of some traditional semiconductor material 

then the photovoltaic effect could be used 

to convert photons into electrons that transistors could use 

but better yet would be transistors that use photons instead of electrons 

if transistors are made of other materials such as carbon nanotubes 

then that would open up new opportunities 

and in effect make both chip and transistors plastic 

when transistors become small like a few nanometer or smaller 

then those transistors will likely react to a single or a few photons 

which in effect would create photonic transistors 

depending on material that transistors are made of 

if transistors are made of carbon nanotubes 

then a few atoms of silicon placed in the carbon nanotube structure 

could be used to increase effect of photon interaction 

or other material combinations could be more viable 

computer chips consisting of electric transistors do overheat 

computer chips consisting of photonic transistors won't overheat 

benefits of plastic chips would be to keep the heat low 

which would enable the plastic chips to have many layers of transistors 

on top of each other so that the chips would be thicker 

silicon chips are usually one layer of transistors 

which means that silicon chips need to have a big area to become more powerful 

plastic chips wouldn't overheat so they could have larger volume 

instead of larger area 

plastic chips with photonic transistors could potentially be more resilient against emp weapons 

and plastic chips with photonic transistors in space could potentially be more resilient against cosmic radiation 

and plastic chips with photonic transistors in brain chips could potentially be less likely to overheat and thereby damage biological tissue