Semiconductor Fabrication — Questions and answers
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What did Jack Kilby want to do with the wires and components on the circuit board?
Choices
- A) Make them even bigger.
- B) Integrate everything into one single piece. ✓
- C) Add more wires to the maze.
- D) Throw them all away.
Answer: B) Integrate everything into one single piece.
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What was Jack Kilby's big idea for making circuits?
Choices
- A) To use many separate wires for each part.
- B) To make all the circuit parts in one single block of material. ✓
- C) To go on a long summer vacation.
- D) To use bigger and bigger individual components.
Answer: B) To make all the circuit parts in one single block of material.
From page 4
What important invention did Robert Noyce develop?
Choices
- A) A new way to make vacuum tubes.
- B) The planar process, using a silicon wafer. ✓
- C) A giant computer that filled a whole room.
- D) A special kind of glue for tiny wires.
Answer: B) The planar process, using a silicon wafer.
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What did Gordon Moore's Law say about the number of transistors in an integrated circuit?
Choices
- A) Their number would stay the same every year.
- B) Their number would roughly double every two years. ✓
- C) They would get bigger and bigger over time.
- D) They would stop working after two years.
Answer: B) Their number would roughly double every two years.
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