Silicon is the 14th element on the periodic table, having the chemical symbol Si. It is the second most abundant element in ...

Researchers at the Universities of Melbourne and Manchester have invented a breakthrough technique for manufacturing highly purified silicon that brings powerful quantum computers a big step closer.

Silicon is so important for electronics and computing that it’s become synonymous with technology, but the stuff has its flaws. Now scientists have created a way to make super-pure silicon chips ...

Silicon Valley entered 2025 with strong momentum, attracting massive investments in artificial intelligence (AI), fintech and enterprise technology. Despite short-term market fluctuations, the ...

The new, ultra-pure form of the element silicon could help scientists create more stable qubits – essential for the functioning of a quantum computer.

Private equity firm ZMC has announced via press release that it has acquired a controlling stake in Pure Wafer, the largest semiconductor silicon solutions and services company in the United States.

REC Silicon operates a manufacturing facility in Butte, Montana. It produces silane gas used to make silicon. Jacksonville ...

SYDNEY, Feb. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Silicon Quantum Computing (SQC), a pioneer in quantum computing and atomic manufacturing, today announced that it has demonstrated world-leading accuracy in ...

Natural silicon is made up of three atoms of different mass (called isotopes) – silicon 28, 29 and 30. However the Si-29, making up around 5% of silicon, causes a ‘nuclear flip flopping ...

A battery cell with a pure silicon anode would therefore have a much higher volumetric energy density, which experts estimate at over 1000 watt hours per liter, where today 600 Wh/l are common.

The researchers directed a focused, high-speed beam of pure silicon-28 at a silicon chip so the silicon-28 gradually replaced the silicon-29 atoms in the chip, reducing silicon-29 from 4.5% to two ...