Silicon Technology refers to the use of silicon as the primary material for manufacturing semiconductor devices such as transistors, diodes, and integrated circuits (ICs).
- Base Material: Silicon (Si), a semiconductor with stable thermal and electrical properties.
- Applications: CPUs, GPUs, memory chips, microcontrollers, sensors, and power devices.
- Advantages: Abundant, well-understood material properties, mature fabrication processes, cost-effective at scale.
- Challenges: Physical limits approaching in nanometer-scale manufacturing (e.g., leakage current, heat dissipation).
- Related Terms: CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor), FinFET, SOI (Silicon on Insulator), Moore's Law.