How to Use semiconductor in a Sentence

semiconductor

noun

• Thanks to the miniaturization of semiconductors, the size of what can be launched has also shrunk.
  — David Zikusoka, Foreign Affairs, 2 Feb. 2024
• That wafer will be sent to a semiconductor chip supplier, who will complete the finished chip.
  — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 10 Feb. 2023
• 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
• The deal unveiled Tuesday marks one of the biggest takeovers in Taiwan outside of semiconductors.
  — Sarah Zheng, Fortune Asia, 14 May 2024
• His focus on the semiconductor bill drew only a smattering of claps from the Republican side of the aisle.
  — Annie Linskey, WSJ, 8 Feb. 2023
• For just over a year, Huawei has rolled out smartphones featuring advanced semiconductors that should have been blocked by U.S. rules.
  — Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 18 Oct. 2024
• 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
• The top and bottom are conductive contacts, while the middle is a semiconductor.
  — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 30 Mar. 2023
• 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
• The state has been a player in semiconductors for decades, with Intel’s presence dating back nearly 40 years.
  — Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2024
• 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
• Intel shares have lagged the broader semiconductor sector year to date, losing 56% during that time.
  — Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2024
• The United States has pledged $52 billion to build more domestic semiconductor foundries.
  — Jonathan Lee, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2023
• The island is home to Sony Group Corp.’s semiconductor factories.
  — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Asia, 9 Aug. 2024
• 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
• Tariff hikes on other products, including semiconductor chips, are set to take effect over the next two years.
  — Andrew Torgan, CNN, 22 Sep. 2024
• In Taiwan, there are few industries that can compete with semiconductors on pay and prestige.
  — Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
• Broad hit in China Other companies based in China are getting hit from a slump in the semiconductor market.
  — Bynicholas Gordon, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2023
• 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
• Businesses that create or design AI semiconductor chips and those that use the tech for their burgeoning AI capabilities saw massive share price appreciation in the last couple of years.
  — Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 21 Oct. 2024
• However, the climate technology supply chain, like the supply chain for semiconductors, is inextricably global—or, at least, transnational.
  — Freddie Sarhan, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024