eli5: What exactly is silicone and why is it so essential to making electronics ?
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Silicon can be used as both a conductor of electricity or an insulator, depending on what other elements it is combined with.
This allows us to make the transistor, which is an electrical component used in all electronic devices. Transistors can be used to amplify a signal or as a switch for an electric signal.
A bunch of transistors can be combined in clever ways to make the CPUs that make up a computer.
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