As an industry novice, the first task for beginners is to understand it, comprehensively understand it, and turn it into one‘s own knowledge. Chip is actually a collective term for semiconductor component products, also known as integrated circuits, microcircuits, and microchips; Firstly, it is necessary to distinguish several professional concepts.
Semiconductor: A material with a conductivity between a conductor and an insulator at room temperature. Common semiconductor materials include silicon, germanium, gallium arsenide, etc. (Currently, the commonly used semiconductor material for chips is silicon)
Integrated circuit: A type of micro electronic device or component. By using a certain process, the required components such as transistors, resistors, capacitors, and inductors in a circuit are interconnected with wiring, and then fabricated onto a small or several small semiconductor chips or dielectric substrates. They are then packaged in a tube shell to form a microstructure with the required circuit functions.
Chip: It refers to the production of transistors and other devices required for a circuit on a single semiconductor. (Chips belong to the carrier of integrated circuits)
Strictly speaking, integrated circuits ≠ chips.
However, the IC chips and integrated circuits we mention in daily life are actually no different.
The IC industry and chip industry that people usually discuss refer to the same industry.
When chips are installed on mobile phones, computers, and tablets, they become the core and soul of such electronic products.
The touch screen of a mobile phone requires a touch chip, a storage chip for storing information, a baseband chip, RF chip, Bluetooth chip to achieve communication functions, and a GPU to take beautiful photos The chips in a mobile phone add up to over 100.