A microchip that costs $5 to make from silicon, using the standard complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) process, would cost about $500 to fabricate from indium phosphide.

• 使用标准的互补式金氧半导体（CMOS）制程，以矽做的微晶片成本如果是五美元，以磷化铟制作则得花上500美元。