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Until the invention of the transistor, semiconductors were just a scientific curiosity.
Since then, they have become the key material in electronics. They can be used to amplify signals, to detect radiation, to emit light, etc.
Semiconductors are present in our everyday life.
The computer that you are looking at has more than one electronic
chips. Cars, TV's, coffee machines, washing machines, etc are all equipped
with them.