1、 What is a semiconductor

        We usually refer to materials with poor electrical conductivity, such as coal, artificial crystals, amber, and ceramics, as insulators, while metals with good electrical conductivity, such as gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, and aluminum, are referred to as conductors. Materials between conductors and insulators are referred to as semiconductors. The term "semiconductor" commonly used in the semiconductor industry refers to semiconductor materials with controllable conductivity, such as silicon, germanium, gallium arsenide, etc. These are the selected materials that are most suitable for use as semiconductor materials, and "silicon" is the most influential one in commercial applications.

2、 What is a chip

        A chip, also known as a microcircuit, microchip, or integrated circuit (IC), refers to a silicon chip that contains integrated circuits. Generally, we equate a chip with an integrated circuit.

3、 Differences between chips and semiconductors

        Classification difference: Different from the material properties of semiconductors, chips specifically refer to individual integrated circuit products produced after various processing processes of semiconductor materials. Therefore, chips are the general term for semiconductor component products. The two differ greatly in definition and are linked through material properties.

        Different characteristics: A chip is an integrated circuit that builds circuits onto semiconductor chips. It is the carrier of integrated circuits and is the sum total of chip design and manufacturing technologies.

        Function difference: A chip is a method of miniaturizing circuits in electronic technology, usually made on the surface of a semiconductor wafer. If semiconductor is compared to the fibrous material of paper, then integrated circuits are paper, and chips are books. After the invention and development of chip transistors, various solid-state semiconductor components such as diodes and transistors have been widely used, replacing the functions and functions of vacuum tubes in circuits.

        Different application fields: Chips are mainly used in communication and network fields, while semiconductors are widely used in consumer electronics, communication systems, medical instruments, and other fields.