How to Use semiconductor in a Sentence

semiconductor

noun
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  • Thanks to the miniaturization of semiconductors, the size of what can be launched has also shrunk.
    — David Zikusoka, Foreign Affairs, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Three problems have dogged the idea that 2D semiconductors could take over from silicon.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The three-week 20-state tour kicked off last week when Biden visited a semiconductor factory in Durham, N.C.
    — Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2023
  • GenX chemicals are made by the Chemours Co., which owns the trade name, to produce fluoropolymers used in semiconductor chips.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Tokyo Electron, which makes semiconductors and chipmaking equipment, is up by over 140% over the past year.
    — Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 4 Mar. 2024
  • In October, the U.S. launched sweeping rules aimed at cutting off exports of key chips and semiconductor tools to China.
    — Clement Tan, NBC News, 9 July 2023
  • By that time, Paras had gotten a job writing code for a semiconductor company.
    — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Don Valentine, a former semiconductor exec famed for his eye for talent, started the firm in 1972.
    — Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 25 July 2024
  • In the past year, the two nations have imposed tit-for-tat bans on the imports of chips, semiconductor equipment, and software critical for military use.
    — Will Daniel, Fortune, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Aside from being a geopolitical pawn, Taiwan is known as the world’s top maker of semiconductor chips.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 13 Nov. 2023
  • But finally, our strategy is also to be the semiconductor supplier for all of the other chips that get built.
    — Will Henshall, TIME, 30 May 2024
  • Taiwan’s semiconductor industry, which provides the world with more than half of its chips, would fall into Chinese hands.
    — Ian Buruma, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
  • During that time, the semiconductor sector has grown to dominate the company’s business in Malaysia.
    — Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
  • In Taiwan, there are few industries that can compete with semiconductors on pay and prestige.
    — Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
  • The world’s most important semiconductor foundry reported said on Friday that its net revenue in May rose 30% year-over-year to $7.1 billion.
    — Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 7 June 2024
  • In the countryside of Cambridgeshire, a British semiconductor start-up was ready to expand beyond its lab and open a manufacturing base.
    — Eshe Nelson, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Ayers, who lives in Lewisville, Texas, and works for a semiconductor chip manufacturer, called the service, which confirmed with the ferry provider that their tickets would be valid on the next one available.
    — Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2023
  • That has been a godsend for the semiconductor industry—and also a big complication.
    — Dan Gallagher, WSJ, 7 Nov. 2023
  • That segment is thriving despite a downturn in demand for semiconductors used in PCs and data centers.
    — Mike Rogoway | Mrogoway@oregonian.com, oregonlive, 4 May 2023
  • Trump also tends to grade himself against the stock market’s performance, and harming the semiconductor industry won’t help.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 17 July 2024
  • Taiwan, which China sees as a renegade province, churns out the majority of the world’s advanced semiconductors.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 21 May 2024
  • But labor accounts for just 18 percent of the cost of semiconductor fabrication.
    — Heather Wilhelm, National Review, 25 May 2023
  • Trump also criticized the U.S. for letting Taiwan get its massive lead in the semiconductor business.
    — William Gavin, Quartz, 17 July 2024
  • Intevac, a maker of thin-film processing systems that can be used in the semiconductor sector, signed a long-term renewal of its lease for a headquarters site in the tech campus.
    — George Avalos, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Etched in the semiconductor is an array of pillars several hundred nanometers high.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 21 May 2023
  • Thanks to the grant from the ON Semiconductor Foundation, students will learn how semiconductors are made through hands-on activities.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 29 Dec. 2023
  • The trio of deals represent different parts of the tech sector: semiconductors (Arm), software (Klaviyo) and Internet (Instacart).
    — Byluisa Beltran, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The semiconductor industry is notoriously volatile and prone to boom and bust cycles.
    — Michael Cannivet, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
  • That’s easier said than done, of course, with a global semiconductor shortage and the covid pandemic absolutely mangling supply chains over the past few years.
    — Justine Calma, The Verge, 12 May 2023
  • That pivot has propelled the chipmaker to become the first in the semiconductor industry to reach a $2 trillion valuation.
    — Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 10 June 2024

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