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What is the name of a silicon chip developed in the 1960's that contains large numbers of tiny transistors?
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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.
What is silicon used for in the computer industry?
making the transistors that run your computer
When the silicone chips first manufactured in silicone valley?
First this question contains a common confusion: it is silicon not silicone.Silicon is an element on the periodic table, the most common element present in minerals on earth, frequently used in its purified elemental form to make semiconductor electronic devices.Silicones are various chemical compounds, equivalent to organic compounds except the carbon atoms are replaced by silicon atoms. Silicones may be oils, plastics, glues, etc. They cannot be used as semiconductors.Now to answer the question: in 1957 Fairchild Semiconductor opened in Palo Alto, California and began making the first silicon mesa transistors; in 1958 Fairchild Semiconductor developed the planar process, making almost all earlier methods of transistor manufacture instantly obsolete; in 1959 Fairchild Semiconductor made the first monolithic silicon integrated circuit (aka silicon chip) using the planar process. Full production of the first commercial monolithic silicon integrated circuit (a flip-flop containing 4 transistors, called the MicroLogic type "F") began in 1960.The answer is 1959, with sales beginning in 1960. Take your pick.
Features of second generation computer?
transistors : replace vacuum tubes smaller and cheaper less heat dissipation solid state device made from silicon(sand)
What is a transitor composed of?
A transistor is a solid device consisting of two charged semiconductors sandwiching a very thin piece of an oppositely-charged semiconductor. The thin piece might even be a layer of oxidation on the semiconductor surface. These earlier and more sensitive (and delicate) transistors were made of the semiconductor, Germanium. The later, more sturdy transistors were and are made with silicon.
What does a CPU have millions of?
The CPU is housed on a silicon chip that contains millions of switches and circuits. It has millions of Transistors
What element are in transistors?
Silicon and germanium are the elements used in transistors
What elements in in transistors?
Silicon and germanium are the elements used in transistors
What type of microprocessor contains 42000000 transitors in the same thumbnail sized piece of silicon?
A Pentium 4 contains 42 million transistors. Forty-two million transistors isn't very many--the highest-end Itaniums and Xeons have nearly two BILLION transistors.
What elements are used in transistors?
Silicon and germanium are the elements used in transistors
The allowed computer technology to develop?
THE SILICON CHIP - The term silicon is important in the computer industry. Microchips that let computers work are made from silicon. Scientists developed the first trial silicon chip in 1958. Before that time computers were made of transistors. In 1958 scientists thought that silicon microchips were impressive because each chip could hold more than 30 transistors. Today's silicon chips often have more than a million transistors. Silicon microchips have helped make modern computer technology possible.
What allowed computer technology to develop?
THE SILICON CHIP -The term silicon is important in the computer industry. Microchips that let computers work are made from silicon. Scientists developed the first trial silicon chip in 1958. Before that time computers were made of transistors. In 1958 scientists thought that silicon microchips were impressive because each chip could hold more than 30 transistors. Today's silicon chips often have more than a million transistors. Silicon microchips have helped make modern computer technology possible.
What element is used in making transistors and chips?
Silicon and Germanium are the elements used in transistors
Why is silicon considered a metalliod?
Because it contains features of a nonmetal as well as a metal. Naturally silicon is a semiconductor (depending on circumstances, it can conduct electricity or insulate it). That is why silicon is popular as a component in integrated circuits and other electronic circuitry that involve transistors.
Silicon is used in computer circuits what special of silicon means that it can be used for this?
It is a semiconductor and therefore can be used to make diodes and transistors for digital circuits which are robust mechanically and electrically. Silicon is inexpensive and widely available, and there is now a well developed industry in handling and manipulating it.
What substance is in sand that is used in making transistors?
Silicon
Diodes and transistors are made of semiconductor material such as germanium and what?
Silicon
