Semiconductor

Word SEMICONDUCTOR
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Definitions and meanings of "Semiconductor"

What do we mean by semiconductor?

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. noun

A substance with electrical properties intermediate between a good conductor and a good insulator. 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 noun

A substance with electrical properties intermediate between a good conductor and a good insulator.

Material that only conducts electricity when it feels like it. Urban Dictionary

People who cross-dress. Politically correct way of saying "transistors" ("trans-sisters"). Urban Dictionary

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The word "semiconductor" in example sentences

Reuters TSMC's chairman expects 5% growth in semiconductor industry revenue world-wide next year. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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. ❋ Unknown (2009)

“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.” ❋ Unknown (2009)

For six years he taught a graduate course in semiconductor device physics at the University of California, Berkeley. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Well, at least Taiwan has strength in semiconductor knowledge which China can use and gain ❋ Unknown (2009)

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. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Silicon Valley leads in semiconductor manufacturing, while Seattle is the software publishing capital. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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. ❋ Unknown (2007)

In October he called the semiconductor-equipment sector "totally unpredictable." ❋ Unknown (2008)

I have spent 20 years in semiconductor manufacturing. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Kilby built a laboratory model - a little circuit with transistors and resistors - by etching long, thin semiconductor structures, all connected by tiny wires. ❋ Unknown (2001)

We thought we saw in semiconductor memory an opportunity to make a product of almost arbitrary complexity that could be used in all digital systems, and that would change the leverage from low-cost assembly back to cleverness in processing silicon. ❋ Unknown (2001)

This has not only led to development in semiconductor technology but also to gigantic development of apparatus and instruments. ❋ Unknown (2000)

I found myself a niche in semiconductor research, though I never got into the main stream either in semiconductor physics, which was mostly optics and high energy band-structures, or its use in device applications. ❋ Unknown (1999)

The study of surfaces is an important part of physics, with particular applications in semiconductor physics and microelectronics In chemistry, also, surface reactions play an important part, for example in connection with catalysis. ❋ Unknown (1986)

Two-dimensional systems do not occur naturally, but, using advanced technology and production techniques developed within semiconductor electronics, it has become possible to produce them. ❋ Unknown (1985)

However, the development in semiconductor technology has made possible the realization of ❋ Unknown (1985)

Esaki is an IBM Fellow and has been engaged in semiconductor research at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, since 1960. ❋ Unknown (1992)

"It’s a huge problem," said Ronald Edgerton, chief executive officer of SigMatel Inc., the Austin semiconductor manufacturer for whom Bogard worked and which owns his U.S. patent, No. 6999584. ❋ Unknown (2006)

I called my [CPU] a jerk, and now [it's not working]... damned moody [semiconductors]. ❋ BostonTechGuy (2009)

I think we just turned the wrong way and [wound up] in [the Castro] [District]. I see a lot of semiconductors on this street. ❋ Pentozali (2005)

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