Semiconductor Context:  Mumbai-based conglomerate Tata Group, which has already forayed into manufacturing of hi-tech electronics, is now planning to get into semiconductor manufacturing. Concept: Semiconductor, any of a class of crystalline solids intermediate in electrical conductivity between a conductor and an insulator. Common elemental semiconductors are silicon and germanium. Common semiconductor compounds are such as […]

    SEMICONDUCTOR Subject: Science & technology Context: A protracted shortage of inputs, especially semiconductor chips, has made India-based car manufactures and premium bike makers curtail production across categories. Concept: Semiconductors are the materials which have a conductivity between conductors (generally metals) and non-conductors or insulators (such as ceramics). Semiconductors can be compounds such as […]