From the article it appears that this is to replace the non recyclable plastics used to insulate chips currently. The fungus would not be used in the chips themselves and depending on how products are manufactured might even be a replaceable part grown from sustainable means.
Overall the article is pretty short and besides about the mushrooms there is not much beyond that
InstructionWorth4212 t1_ixveba4 wrote
Reply to Scientists Have Used Mushrooms to Make Biodegradable Computer Chip Parts by Sorin61
From the article it appears that this is to replace the non recyclable plastics used to insulate chips currently. The fungus would not be used in the chips themselves and depending on how products are manufactured might even be a replaceable part grown from sustainable means.
Overall the article is pretty short and besides about the mushrooms there is not much beyond that