How to Use silicon in a Sentence

silicon

noun

• The same kind of as if they were all just built on one piece of silicon.
  — Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Mar. 2024
• On the silicon side of things, expect a sea change soon, though.
  — John Burek, PCMAG, 26 Mar. 2024
• The lights are bout 12-inches tall and they’re made of silicon.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 13 Oct. 2022
• Just know that these may not last quite as long as silicon.
  — John Thompson, Men's Health, 22 Dec. 2022
• To reveal the silicon straw, @newyorknico enlisted the same fan to try it out.
  — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2023
• The palm and fingers are enforced with silicon for added grip.
  — Danny Perez, Popular Mechanics, 9 Dec. 2022
• The head straps are easy to adjust and are made of high-quality silicon.
  — Kelsey Ogle, Health, 27 Mar. 2023
• Intel notes the warping risk grows as more silicon is placed on the substrate.
  — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 18 Sep. 2023
• This display is one of the few reminders of the venue, whose collection provided the quartz, silicon and the rest.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
• Microsoft also felt the need to make a custom silicon to push its own services to the fore.
  — Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 15 Nov. 2023
• Using silicon spray would leave a residue that would attract more dust and debris over time and make things worse.
  — Ken Colburn, The Arizona Republic, 16 July 2023
• Eventually, there won’t be enough atoms of silicon to do the job.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 11 Oct. 2023
• There are many ways to achieve this tighter integration of lasers and silicon.
  — Roel Baets, IEEE Spectrum, 8 Apr. 2023
• Pour into a silicon mold in the shape of your choice, such as skulls and set in refrigerator until the shots gel.
  — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 2 Aug. 2023
• The result of the campaign is a silicon microchip on the panel with the names of 2.6 million people stenciled onto it.
  — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2024
• Currently, no silicon ingots or wafers are made in the U.S.
  — Jeff Amy, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2023
• For a soft feel, this item features garment dye, enzyme and silicon wash.
  — Joseph Cheatham, Travel + Leisure, 21 Nov. 2023
• Thankfully, digits were spared on sequel thanks to the use of silicon.
  — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2023
• Of the remaining ~35%, 30% of it is magnesium and silicon.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2023
• The rules choke China’s ability to access or build the most cutting-edge silicon chips.
  — Karen Hao, WSJ, 23 Oct. 2022
• Customers could not get enough of the small slices of silicon, which act as the brains of computers and are needed in just about every device with an on-off switch.
  — Don Clark, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2022
• Hsu leads GlobalWafers, one of the world’s largest suppliers of silicon wafers used in making chips.
  — Rana Wehbe Watson, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2023
• The tray is designed for large silicon casings and can accommodate tubes up to 29 ounces.
  — Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Mar. 2024
• Apple does provide plenty of claims, however, for how much faster the new silicon is.
  — PCMAG, 18 Jan. 2023
• Makers of authentic Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese in Italy are putting silicon chips smaller than a grain of sand and priced at a few cents apiece on their cheese wheels.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 8 Sep. 2023
• Apple plans to make silicon chips for most of its devices at the Phoenix factory, Bloomberg reported.
  — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2022
• Here, the collapse of the iron core generates a shock wave that blows up the entire star, forging elements like cobalt in the process through the explosive burning of silicon.
  — Sanjana Curtis, Scientific American, 4 July 2023
• Ants can move high speeds on surfaces from picnic tables to front lawns, but the few legged microrobots that have walked have done so at slow speeds (< 1 body length/sec) on smooth silicon wafers.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 20 Jan. 2023
• This comes amid rumors that Intel canceled the silicon in favor of a Raptor Lake refresh.
  — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 26 June 2023
• Users can get parts to repair devices in the iPhone 12 and 13 product line, as well as Mac laptops with Apple’s proprietary silicon chips.
  — Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 10 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024