silicon carbide
noun
: a very hard dark crystalline compound SiC of silicon and carbon that is used as an abrasive and as a refractory and in electric resistors
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Some testing of its crystal production is already underway at the facility — but once the site is completed the factory will be able to produce silicon carbide crystals and ultimately refine them into wafers.
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Zachery Eanes, Axios, 5 Feb. 2025
The company in October had announced direct funding from the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act and an additional investment from Apollo in an effort to increase its silicon carbide manufacturing.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2025
But Georgia Tech researchers have given it one more go and come up with a pretty straightforward way to make a semiconductor version atop a wafer of silicon carbide.
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—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2024
An Arkansas legislative panel on Tuesday endorsed the University of Arkansas' request for $7.3 million in state funds to use on the silicon carbide fabrication facility.
—Alex Golden, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
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Zachery Eanes, Axios, 5 Feb. 2025
The company in October had announced direct funding from the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act and an additional investment from Apollo in an effort to increase its silicon carbide manufacturing.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2025
But Georgia Tech researchers have given it one more go and come up with a pretty straightforward way to make a semiconductor version atop a wafer of silicon carbide.
5.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2024
An Arkansas legislative panel on Tuesday endorsed the University of Arkansas' request for $7.3 million in state funds to use on the silicon carbide fabrication facility.
—Alex Golden, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Silicon carbide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silicon%20carbide. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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