Many of will have marveled at the feats of reverse engineering achieved by decapping integrated circuits and decoding their secrets by examining the raw silicon die. Few of us will have a go for ...

Currently, scientists from Germany and Algeria are researching the use of diatomite as a raw material for obtaining silicon, a key component of solar cells. Diatomite contains amorphous silicon ...

Every chipmaker needs to buy them in one size or another, such as 200mm, 300mm and others. Silicon wafer vendors produce and sell bare or raw silicon wafers to chipmakers, who in turn process them ...

During the Chinese New Year holiday, silica prices held steady, with sluggish market transactions. Overall raw material procurement transactions are expected to gradually recover after the holiday, ...

Scientists in the US built the first silicon transistor in 1947. Before that, the mechanics of computing had been performed by vacuum tubes, which were slow and bulky. Silicon changed everything.