How to Use semiconductor in a Sentence

semiconductor

noun

• In recent decades, their concern has been semiconductors.
  — Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2024
• The top and bottom are conductive contacts, while the middle is a semiconductor.
  — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 30 Mar. 2023
• The island is home to Sony Group Corp.’s semiconductor factories.
  — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Asia, 9 Aug. 2024
• 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
• The deal unveiled Tuesday marks one of the biggest takeovers in Taiwan outside of semiconductors.
  — Sarah Zheng, Fortune Asia, 14 May 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
• 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
• 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 | [e-mail], 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
• Other tariffs, such as those on EV batteries and semiconductors, could double or triple.
  — William Gavin, Quartz, 13 May 2024
• 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

Last Updated: 8 Sep 2024