Why is silicon so important in the manufacturing of computer chips? Is there any viable alternative? If not, why?

Question

What happens when we run out of it?

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Answer 1

Silicon is, in orders of most importancy: (1) semiconductor that we can prepare with extremely purity, (2) It’s bandgap is large enough to operate at room temperature. (3) it is easy to dope for p and for n over a large range. (4) the raw material is abundant.