The semiconductor art of turning decay into magic and turning "stone" into "gold"

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Millions of years have passed since the existence of human beings. In ancient times, we experienced the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and the Iron Age. In addition to the steam engine and the Industrial Revolution, the modern history of civilization should mention the electrification age and the information age. The core of the information age is our daily cloud storage, smart computer terminals, mobile payments, as well as smart phones, smart cars, 4K TVs, etc., which have penetrated into every corner of our lives, truly moistening things silently. And these products of the information age are inseparable from ultra-large-scale integrated circuits, which is also the "semiconductor" industry that the country is vigorously developing and supporting, so as to realize our dream of becoming an information-based power.

If Franklin's discovery of electricity marked the beginning of the electrical age, then Faraday's discovery of the thermal resistance of silver sulfide (the resistance of metal conductors increases with increasing temperature, while the resistance of silver sulfide decreases and then increases with increasing temperature) should be the beginning of the semiconductor information age. Perhaps everyone in the world can imagine what the world would be like without electricity? But you can never imagine what the world would be like without semiconductors?

Today, the output value of electronic components and integrated circuits has exceeded the industrial output value of steel as raw material. Human history has officially entered a new era, the semiconductor era of "silicon" . Silicon is the most abundant element in our crust after "oxygen". Hard rocks, yellow sand everywhere, and soil covering hundreds of meters deep on the earth all contain a lot of silicon. For thousands of years, Miss "silicon" has been like a sleeping beauty, such as Princess Aurora in the fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty", lying quietly in the loess and rocks, waiting for Prince Philip to wake her up. (Excerpt from: "Silicon Fire")

In Japan, some people compare semiconductors to rice in industrial society, which is indispensable in modern society. In national defense, only a solid foundation of the electronics industry can provide a strong national defense capability. In the Persian Gulf War in 1991, the United States had fully utilized the new generation of electronic weapons. Since the 1970s, there have been many trade frictions between the United States and Japan, but in the end the United States compromised on many projects. However, for semiconductors, both sides were unwilling to give in easily. In the end, the two governments signed an agreement with great caution, which proved the importance they attached to this matter. This is because the success or failure of the development of the semiconductor industry is related to the lifeblood of the country and must be taken seriously. In Taiwan, the semiconductor industry is the main pillar of the Hsinchu Science Park, and semiconductor companies are also the most profitable enterprises. If Taiwan wants to become tomorrow's technology silicon island, the semiconductor industry is our only way.

"Silicon" is the most common element in the earth's crust. The main component of many stones is silicon dioxide. However, the integrated circuits made by us semiconductor people after hundreds of processes have a purity of 99.9999%, which is truly purer than pure gold and can be worth tens of thousands of US dollars. The process of turning stones into silicon chips is an achievement of turning stone into gold, and it is also a miracle of modern science!

Of course, we semiconductor people are fortunate to be the creators and witnesses of this miracle. (Excerpt from Xinyuan)

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