Por qué importa para los materiales
Modern logic uses about two-thirds of the stable elements somewhere in its process flow. Purity, not tonnage, is the constraint: parts per billion matter, and only a handful of suppliers on Earth can hold that specification.
De qué está compuesto
Todos los materiales →| Material | Lo que hace aquí | Importancia |
|---|---|---|
| Copper crítico | On-chip interconnect | Definición de |
| Gallium crítico | Compound semiconductors for RF and power | Definición de |
| Hafnium crítico | High-k transistor gate dielectric | Definición de |
| High-Purity Quartz | Crucibles for crystal growth | Definición de |
| Silicon crítico | The wafer | Definición de |
| Tungsten crítico | Contacts and vias | Definición de |
| Arsenic crítico | Dopant and GaAs | Importante |
| Cobalt crítico | Liner and interconnect at small nodes | Importante |
| Germanium crítico | SiGe transistors and optics | Importante |
| Gold | Bonding and plating | Importante |
| Helium | Cooling and leak detection | Importante |
| Indium crítico | Transparent contacts and III-V devices | Importante |
| Ruthenium crítico | Interconnect at the smallest nodes | Importante |
| Silicon Carbide & Abrasives | Silicon carbide power devices and wafer polishing | Importante |
| Tantalum crítico | Diffusion barrier and capacitors | Importante |
| Tin crítico | EUV light source and solder | Importante |
Copper
The reddish metal that carries electricity better than anything except silver, and which humans have been smelting…
Gallium
A silvery metal that melts in your hand, and the basis of the compound semiconductors in fast chargers, radar and…
Hafnium
Zirconium's chemical shadow — always found with it, almost impossible to separate from it, and the opposite of it in…
High-Purity Quartz
Quartz sand so free of other elements that it can be melted into the crucible a silicon crystal is grown inside.
Silicon
The second-most-common element in the Earth's crust — ordinary sand — purified until only one atom in a billion is…
Tungsten
The metal with the highest melting point of them all — you can heat it to 3,400 C before it turns liquid.
