Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various solid crystalline substances, such as germanium or silicon, having electrical conductivity greater than insulators but less than good conductors, and used especially as a base material for computer chips and other electronic devices.
- noun An integrated circuit or other electronic component containing a semiconductor as a base material.
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- noun physics A substance with
electrical properties intermediate between a goodconductor and a goodinsulator .
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- noun a conductor made with semiconducting material
- noun a substance as germanium or silicon whose electrical conductivity is intermediate between that of a metal and an insulator; its conductivity increases with temperature and in the presence of impurities
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Examples
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Reuters TSMC's chairman expects 5% growth in semiconductor industry revenue world-wide next year.
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“Take the semiconductor and related devices industry: data indicate that while there has been an increase in semiconductor imports from China, from $729 million in 2002 to $2.1 billion in 2006, our semiconductor exports to China have boomed, going from $1.5 billion in 2002 to $5.8 billion in 2006.”
Matthew Yglesias » What’s Not the Matter With American Manufacturing 2009
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For six years he taught a graduate course in semiconductor device physics at the University of California, Berkeley.
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PCMOS, which stands for probabilistic complementary metal oxide semiconductor, is a breakthrough that could boost performance of graphics on mobile phones, encryption and chips used inside medical implants without sucking as much power.
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Well, at least Taiwan has strength in semiconductor knowledge which China can use and gain
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But he also notes that the progress made in semiconductor manufacturing means that multiple functions can be combined on a piece of monolithic silicon that can cost less and create a smaller device — which means the dumber PC model could win out, even on smartphones.
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Silicon Valley leads in semiconductor manufacturing, while Seattle is the software publishing capital.
The High-Tech Job Capital Is…The Big Apple? - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Silicon Valley leads in semiconductor manufacturing, while Seattle is the software publishing capital.
The High-Tech Job Capital Is…The Big Apple? - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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In almost all branches of electronics, computing, and telecommunications, awards made to the leading company jumped mightily from 2005 to 2006-by as much as 48 percent in semiconductor manufacturing, 60 percent in telecommunications equipment, and 65 percent in electronics.
Just Released: Lists & Rankings: Patent Scorecard 2006 « ResourceShelf 2007
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In October he called the semiconductor-equipment sector "totally unpredictable."
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