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Silicon is a metalloid which mean that it contains some properties of metals and nonmetals. Silicon does not conduct heat very well (property of a nonmetal), it is solid at room temp (property of most metals), and has a high melting point so when computers and other electronics are being heavily used they stay together.
Computer chips are essentially semiconductor devices, and as a result use silicon which has a number of properties that make it an excellent semiconductor. It is a tetravalent metalloid, like carbon, and can both share or donate the outer four electrons. It is less reactive than carbon, and maintains its semiconductor nature at higher temperatures than others like germanium. It is also very abundant in the earth's crust and is easily manufactured into large workable crystals. By doping regions of the silicon with elements like gallium or antimony you can alter the electrical characteristics, creating complex electrical structures.
It produced a series of breakthroughs in miniaturization, automated assembly, improved reliability, reduced power consumption, reducing costs, etc.
First facilitating the expansion of the third generation computer production (e.g. the minicomputer, integrated circuit based computers), then enabling the fourth generation computer production (e.g. the microcomputer, microprocessor based computers).
It created "Moore's Law" in which the density of components on an integrated circuit doubles roughly every 18 months!!!
This has made computers of ever increasing capability and ease of use to an ever increasing number of people for an ever increasing number of purposes (many of which had never before been considered for computerization).
That's what makes a computer (silicon computer chips)
it's called "silicon" computer chip not because it's silicon but because the semi-conductors (transisters) are planted in silicon (it's just the way they build them now to make them so small)
Every computer including the one you're on, Xbox, Printers, your cellphone, even calculators, etc... anything that is computerized has that chip in it.
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Computer chips are made from what element?
Computer chips are made from silicon because it's a natural semiconductor and is the second most abundant element on Earth. To make the wafers, silicon is purified, melted and cooled to form an ingot, then it is sliced into discs.
Will graphene chips replace silicon chips in computer?
Silicon transistors are approaching the point where further miniaturization will no longer be possible. It is expected that once silicon transistors reach 16nm size, optical lithography will no longer be capable of making smaller images. Thus, unless all progress in transistor size is terminated and performance improvements are limited to processor architecture alone, it is very likely that chip manufacturers will move to graphene as a way to get smaller transistors. However, graphene has flaws. One example is that graphene transistors are very "leaky" compared to those made of silicon- that is, more charge can escape from them. This means that graphene chips are likely to run much hotter than silicon chips.
Wood chips in ferro silicon furnace?
they provide a void for gases in the metal to escape.
Human is called homo sapiens then silicon sapiens is?
COMPUTER
Why 1st generations computer huge in size explain?
Back then they didn't know much about computer technology and didn't have the right technology of which we have today. The circuits were built up on cards using discrete components, transistors, resitors and capacitors. As technology progressed all these components were incorporated into single silicon chips. As technology progressed even further, more and more components can be squeezed onto the silicon chips. As physical limits were met, as to how dense the components could be shrunk down, solutions have been found. Like using lasers instead of normal light, for the photographic mask method of large scale integration.
The element used to make semi-comductors computer chips?
Silicon is used in the manufacture of computer chips.
What is made with silicon?
computer's chips and contact are made with silicon.
What element is computer chips?
silicon
Out of what material are computer chips made?
Silicon
What are chips made from?
Computer chips are made from silicon and sand that has a high quartz content. Computer chips help to store computer memory.
How is silicon usefull to us?
Made into computer chips.
What is used to manufacturing for chips?
Computer-silicon
Which element is used for manufacture of computer memory chips?
Silicon is the primary element used for the manufacture of computer memory chips. Silicon is a semiconductor material that can be easily manipulated to create integrated circuits and memory storage components like transistors and capacitors.
Where is germanium and silicon located in computer chips?
Germanium is not used in integrated circuits. Silicon is.
What important element that is non metal is used to make computer chips?
Silicon is used to make computer chips.
What is the chip on a computer made from?
Computer chips are made out of lots of tiny transistors, a little bit of superconductive silicon and a huge amount of engineering.
What common element is used in the manufacturing of computer chips?
Silicon
