At the time, I thought I could achieve this by building better semiconductors.

当时，认为可以通过帮助制造更好的半导体来实现这一目标。

Inevitably, the semiconductor approach does bring problems of its own.

半导体方法本身也会带来不可避免的问题。

Doped silicon crystals are known as solid-state semiconductors.

掺杂硅晶体称为固态半导体。

There are shortages of everything from timber to semiconductors.

木材到半导体，一切物资都出现了短缺。

So if both N-type and P-type crystals are both electrical conductors, why do we call them semiconductors?

“如果 N 型和 P 型晶体都是导体，那为们叫它半导体？”

It helped turn Israel from a country of orchards to one of semiconductors.

它促使以色列水果之国转变成半导体生产大国之一。

And semiconductor factories contain dozens of these machines.

半导体工厂有几十台这样的机器。

The global semiconductor shortage is forcing companies to find new ways to obtain chips.

全球半导体的短缺正迫使公司寻找新的方式来获得芯片。

But trade in vehicles and car parts fell, as a result of the semiconductor shortage.

但由于半导体短缺，汽车和汽车零部件贸易有所下滑。

Printing electronics requires inks with electrical properties that can act as conductors, resistors or semiconductors.

印刷电子技术需要带有电气性能的墨水，这些墨水能扮演导体、电阻或半导体的角色。

P and N-type semiconductors can also be combined in sets of three.

P 和 N 型半导体也可以集成成三极管，它们是晶体管。

An international shortage of semiconductors, which are used in cars' electronic systems, has slowed manufacturing.

用于汽车电子系统的半导体的国际短缺已经减缓了制造业的发展。

" Our opportunity as a world-leading semiconductor manufacturer is greater than it's ever been, " he wrote.

“作为世界领先的半导体制造商，们的机会比以往任何时候都大。”

Within a few years there would be more than fifty companies in the area making semiconductors.

仅仅几年的时间，这一地区就出现了超过 50家生产半导体的公司。

Moreover, China's bid to become a global semiconductor powerhouse is propitiously timed.

此外，中国成为全球半导体强国的努力可谓恰逢其时。

The makers of these semiconductors shutdown temporarily because of the pandemic but they're back up and running now.

由于疫情，这些半导体制造商暂时停工，但他们现在又恢复了生产。

Now that EV sales are growing strongly, though, specialist chipmakers are investing in semiconductors that can operate at 800v.

不过，随着电动汽车销量强劲增长，专业芯片制造商正在投资800伏特的半导体。

As the most common material used to create semiconductors is silicon, this region soon became known as Silicon Valley.

因为用于产生半导体的最常见的材料是" 硅" ，于是这个地区很快就被称为" 硅谷" 。

The tiny silicon based semiconductors that fuel our modern lives, our Smartphones, our laptops, and our cars.

这种微小的硅基半导体为们的现代生活、智能手机、笔记本电脑和汽车提供动力。

And we are well ahead in areas like mobile communications and digital TV and in areas like semiconductor design.

们在移动通讯，数码电和半导体设计方面也处于领先地位。