Silicone is everywhere, from baby bottles and baking mats to beauty tools and food storage containers. It’s heat-resistant, flexible, and long-lasting. But if you’ve ever wondered “is silicone ...

Foremost among silicon's distinguishing features is that, quite simply, there is a hell of a lot of it. After oxygen, it's the second most abundant element in the Earth's crust -- but don't expect to ...

Silicon is so important for electronics and computing that it’s become synonymous with technology – even getting a valley named after it – but the stuff still has its flaws. Now, scientists have ...

Silicon Motion (SIMO) is one of the stocks most watched by Zacks.com visitors lately. So, it might be a good idea to review ...

The complexity of integrated circuit (IC) design has expanded a billion-fold since the invention of the first transistor, guided by the famous “Moore’s Law” of the semiconductor world. An important ...

In order to scale quantum computers, more qubits must be added and interconnected. However, prior attempts to do this have resulted in a loss of connection quality, or fidelity. But, a new study ...

A pie in an orange silicon pan, with a coffee pot and glass behind it - K.Kargona/Shutterstock As we enter the heart of baking season (which, weirdly enough, lines up almost perfectly with the holiday ...

In this article, we will take a look at the 16 largest silicon producers in the world. If you want to skip our detailed analysis of the silicon metal market and its growth prospects, head on over to ...

A silicon wafer is a thin slice of crystalline silicon typically grown using the Czochralski process, which involves pulling a crystal seed from a molten silicon bath. A silicon wafer is a thin slice ...

Just after sunrise on a cloudless morning last June, two propellers started spinning on a slender aircraft sitting on a runway in the New Mexico desert. Chocks securing bicycle-sized wheels were ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tim Bajarin covers the tech industry’s impact on PC and CE markets. I grew up in Silicon Valley when it was primarily orchards and ...