What are the differences between a chip, a semiconductor, and an integrated circuit?

　　A chip generally is the one you can see with the naked eye that has many small feet or the feet are not visible, but are square. However, a chip also includes various kinds of chips, such as base band, voltage conversion, and, so on.

　　Semiconductor integrated circuits are active components such as transistors, diodes, etc., and passive components such as resistors and capacitors, which are "integrated" into a single semiconductor wafer according to a certain circuit interconnection, thus completing a specific circuit or system function.

　　Integrated circuits are much broader in scope, as they can be integrated with resistors, capacitors and diodes, and can be a chip that converts analog signals or a chip that controls logic, but in general, the concept is more of an under-the-hood thing.

　　A semiconductor device is made by etching and wiring a semiconductor chip to perform a certain function. Not only silicon chips but also commonly includes gallium arsenide, germanium, and other semiconductor materials. Semiconductors also have trends like cars.

　　Chip is short for an integrated circuit the word chip means a little bit of a large semiconductor chip inside the integrated circuit package, that is, the tube core. Strictly speaking chips and integrated circuits are not interchangeable. Integrated circuits are manufactured through semiconductor technology, thin-film technology, and thick-film technology, and any circuit that is miniaturized for a certain function and then made in the form of a certain packaged circuit can be called an integrated circuit. A semiconductor is a substance that is somewhere between a good conductor and a non-good conductor.

　　Semiconductor integrated circuits include semiconductor chips and peripheral-related circuits.

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