Brief Number 1: History of Semiconductors
By Pei Xin, GIOAS Research Associate

We live among semiconductors. They are in our computers, cell phones, watches, cars, ovens, and even in LED lights. Semiconductors are important because no contemporary electronics can function without them. Powering up an electronic device to function happens through transistors and diodes, and these are made of semiconductors. All information in electronic system is transmitted or stored in the form of binary digits, 0s and 1s, and these digits are operated by switches in semiconductors to process the information when electric voltages are passed through the semiconductor. The more processing power the world needs, the greater need for semiconductors and for electric power.

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