소재 분야에서의 중요성
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.
구성 성분
전체 소재 →| 소재 | 여기에서의 기능 | 중요도 |
|---|---|---|
| Copper 핵심 광물 | On-chip interconnect | 정의 |
| Gallium 핵심 광물 | Compound semiconductors for RF and power | 정의 |
| Hafnium 핵심 광물 | High-k transistor gate dielectric | 정의 |
| High-Purity Quartz | Crucibles for crystal growth | 정의 |
| Silicon 핵심 광물 | The wafer | 정의 |
| Tungsten 핵심 광물 | Contacts and vias | 정의 |
| Arsenic 핵심 광물 | Dopant and GaAs | 중요 |
| Cobalt 핵심 광물 | Liner and interconnect at small nodes | 중요 |
| Germanium 핵심 광물 | SiGe transistors and optics | 중요 |
| Gold | Bonding and plating | 중요 |
| Helium | Cooling and leak detection | 중요 |
| Indium 핵심 광물 | Transparent contacts and III-V devices | 중요 |
| Ruthenium 핵심 광물 | Interconnect at the smallest nodes | 중요 |
| Silicon Carbide & Abrasives | Silicon carbide power devices and wafer polishing | 중요 |
| Tantalum 핵심 광물 | Diffusion barrier and capacitors | 중요 |
| Tin 핵심 광물 | EUV light source and solder | 중요 |

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.
