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semiconductor

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  • n  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
  • n  a conductor made with semiconducting material

  • The new process involves printing a fine layer of semiconductor directly onto glass, metal and other building materials so that new skyscrapers can go up solar power-ready from day .
  • By 1951 Shockley's co-workers made his semiconductor sandwich and demonstrated that it behaved much as his theory had predicted.
  • Nearly all the scores of companies that are or have been active in semiconductor technology can trace the technical lineage of their founders back through Fairchild to the Shockley .
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  • Keith Jackson in Earthtimes (press release)
    The acquisition of Catalyst Semiconductor will add to our high gross margin analog and mixed-signal product offerings for the digital consumer and wireless end-markets,said Keith Jackson, ON Semiconductor president and CEO. "Catalyst...
  • Susan Jacoby in Los Angeles Times
    Fab 2 represents the culmination of AMD's multi-year vision to bring a leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing facility to the United States. This is an important opportunity to create thousands of jobs and strengthen US competiveness in the... Dirk Meyer http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Meyer&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFwniZaBiOHAjd_V5-fxq-52jgCVQ Benchmark Reviews http://www.google.com/url?q=http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26task%3Dview%26id%3D6883%26Itemid%3D22&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGg1wwSUyNjTLjXJFTDNFTtMifSpw Jun 24, 2010 88031 117420 semiconscious During the past four decades," Jacoby writes, "America's endemic anti-intellectual tendencies have been grievously exacerbated by a new species of semiconscious anti-rationalism, feeding on and fed by an ignorant popular culture of video...

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