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why we use silicon chips in computers?
- Silicon is cheap, it comes from sand.
- Silicon has a very wide operating junction temperature range (-55C to +150C).
- Silicon is very easy to process to make transistors and ICs.
- Silicon dioxide is an insulator, no other semiconductor has a solid insulating oxide.
- When circuits are built on a silicon chip they are either analog or digital building block circuits.
- The digital building blocks naturally build computers (especially now that we have building blocks as large as whole multi-core CPUs, etc.).
Before semi-conductors were used in computers, they had to use vacuum tubes which cost a lot, took up a lot of space, burned out quickly and so were unreliable, and used a lot of electricity. We could not have the modern computer without chips.
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Silicon is the easiest elemental semiconductor currently usable to make ICs with. One of its most important properties is its oxide and nitride are insoluble solid insulators, this is not true for either germanium or carbon the other elemental semiconductors. Also silicon has a good operating temperature range (junction temperature up to 150C), germanium has much lower range and although carbon (as diamond) has much higher range (junction temperature up to 600C) it is too brittle for current process machines. All other semiconductors are alloys and are tricker and more expensive to process than elemental ones. Most important silicon is almost free, it can be extracted from any sand, the parent rock of sand, and of course sandstone which is made of sand.
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What does a semiconductor have to do with a computer?
some first generation computers used germanium point contact diodes in their logic gates to reduce their vacuum tube parts count.second generation computers used discrete germanium or silicon transistors.third generation and later computers use silicon integrated circuits.
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.
Wood chips in ferro silicon furnace?
they provide a void for gases in the metal to escape.
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 the significance of silicon chips in the computer?
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.
What are the advantages of silicon to the computers?
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Where are chips found?
Computer chips are found in computers: iPods, laptops, desktops, PDAs, etc, to help the computer run. Computer chips also are found in ALL computers: so molecular computers, silicon computers, etc.. Hope this helps!
Is copper the main metal in computers?
Copper is used in computers for wiring and heat dissipation, but it is not the main metal. The main metals in computers are silicon, aluminum, and steel. Silicon is used in computer chips, aluminum in the casing, and steel for structural support.
What elements are computers made of?
Some parts are made of plastic, others metals silicon(for chips), copper(for wires).
How are computers created?
Lots of things go into making of a computer. Silicon chips, LCD'S , Transistors, Wires, etc
What do today's computers use for vacuum tubes?
Billions of microscopic transistors integrated onto individual chips of Silicon. And one computer may have a few hundred of these chips doing different things. Vacuum tube computers, even the largest, rarely had more than 10,000 tubes.
How did silicon chips change the way you compute?
Not at all, except for the first few computers I used (which were built with discrete germanium transistors) every machine I used was built using silicon chips. If the first computer you used was in the 1980s or later, you probably never saw a machine that wasn't entirely silicon chips. Even the germanium transistor machines ran about the same as modern computers, except the I/O which was usually very mechanical.
What non metal is used to make microchips?
Silicon is the non-metal used to make micro-chips for computers/electronics.
What are two metalloids used to make computers?
silicon and germanuim are the two metalloid elements that are used to make computer chips
The element used to make semi-comductors computer chips?
Silicon is used in the manufacture of computer chips.
What element is used as a semi-conductor in the making of micro-chips in computers?
Silicon is the most commonly used element as a semiconductor in the making of microchips in computers. Silicon's unique properties make it an ideal material for constructing integrated circuits due to its ability to conduct electricity under certain conditions.
What is made with silicon?
computer's chips and contact are made with silicon.
