Semiconductors are how electronic devices process, store and receive information. For instance, memory chips store data and software as binary code, digital chips manipulate … See more

The starting point for the vast majority of semiconductors is a thin slice of silicon called a wafer. Today’s wafers are the size of dinner plates and are cut from single silicon cryst… See more

There are many differences, but the most important is probably the increase in the number of transistors per chip. Among the earliest commercial applications for semicondu… See more

Simply put, yes, the more complicated the chip, the more complicated – and more costly – the factory. There was a time when almost every U.S. semiconductor company built and m… See more