Are you a fan of semiconductors? We’re willing to bet you are, even if you’re not sure what they are or what they do. You can think of them as the tiny chips that power pretty much everything electronic in the modern world. Televisions, smartphones, computers, cameras, automobiles…the list goes on and on. In fact,
Many younger people who grew up with computers believe that advanced electronics, powered by integrated circuits more commonly known as semiconductors, have mostly been the specialty of Asian countries, like China, Japan, and Taiwan. Some might be surprised to learn that the first semiconductors were developed by engineers in the United States. Indeed, semiconductor manufacturing
