Ever since the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers conference ended, the semiconductor industry was in a chaotic position.
Rumors of a breakthrough in carbon-based chip technology!
The traditional silicon-based chips might be eliminated forever!
Executives from Intel, Qualcomm, and countless other semiconductor companies had spent their weekends in anxiety, fearing for their jobs.
However, a piece of sudden "good news" made people feel relieved.
The paper on carbon-based integrated circuit technology was withdrawn by IEEE.
Which meant the experimental data could have been fabricated!
This was quite a serious allegation.
Even though some people thought the withdrawal was a bit strange, most people accepted the allegations as fact.