A semiconductor is a material or device that only conducts electricity under certain conditions. Some elements in the periodic table, such as carbon, silicon, and germanium, are intrinsic ...

Excitons, encountered in technologies like solar cells and TVs, are quasiparticles formed by an electron and a positively charged "hole," moving together in a semiconductor. Created when an electron ...

Though the United States is the global leader in designing chips, the vast majority of chip production happens overseas, ...

One of the lasting legacies of President Joe Biden’s approach to China will be the extent to which he made semiconductors a central focus in the U.S.-China relationship. Biden reduced the ...

Dr. JeFreda R. Brown is a financial consultant, Certified Financial Education Instructor, and researcher who has assisted thousands of clients over a more than two-decade career. She is the CEO of ...