Editing Silicon (section)

===Silicon Age===
[[file:MOSFET Structure.png|thumb|The [[MOSFET]], also known as the MOS transistor, is the key component of the Silicon Age. The first silicon semiconductor oxide planar transistor was made by Frosch and Derick in 1957.<ref name="auto"/>]]

The "Silicon Age" refers to the late 20th century to early 21st century.<ref name="Feldman">{{cite book |last1=Feldman |first1=Leonard C. |title=Fundamental Aspects of Silicon Oxidation |date=2001 |publisher=[[Springer Science & Business Media]] |isbn=978-3-540-41682-1 |pages=1–11 |chapter=Introduction |author1-link=Leonard Feldman |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sV4y2-mWGNIC&pg=PA1}}</ref><ref name="Dabrowski">{{cite book |last1=Dabrowski |first1=Jarek |last2=Müssig |first2=Hans-Joachim |chapter=1.2. The Silicon Age |title=Silicon Surfaces and Formation of Interfaces: Basic Science in the Industrial World |date=2000 |publisher=[[World Scientific]] |isbn=978-981-02-3286-3 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/siliconsurfacesf0000dabr/page/3 3–13] |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZlefXcP3tQAC&pg=PA3 |url=https://archive.org/details/siliconsurfacesf0000dabr/page/3 }}</ref><ref name="Siffert">{{cite book |last1=Siffert |first1=Paul |last2=Krimmel |first2=Eberhard |chapter=Preface |title=Silicon: Evolution and Future of a Technology |date=2013 |publisher=[[Springer Science & Business Media]] |isbn=978-3-662-09897-4 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qxj_CAAAQBAJ&pg=PR5}}</ref> This is due to silicon being the dominant material used in electronics and information technology (also known as the [[Digital Age]] or [[Information Age]]), similar to how the [[Stone Age]], [[Bronze Age]] and [[Iron Age]] were defined by the dominant materials during their respective [[Three-age system|ages of civilization]].<ref name="Feldman" />

Because silicon is an important element in high-technology semiconductor devices, many places in the world bear its name. For example, the [[Santa Clara Valley]] in California acquired the nickname [[Silicon Valley]], as the element is the base material in the [[semiconductor industry]] there. Since then, many other places have been similarly dubbed, including [[Silicon Wadi]] in Israel; [[Silicon Forest]] in Oregon; [[Silicon Hills]] in Austin, Texas; [[Silicon Slopes]] in Salt Lake City, Utah; [[Silicon Saxony]] in Germany; [[Bangalore#Economy|Silicon Valley]] in India; [[Mexicali#Silicon Border|Silicon Border]] in Mexicali, Mexico; <!-- [[Silicon Triangle]], --> [[Silicon Fen]] in Cambridge, England; [[Old Street Roundabout#Silicon Roundabout|Silicon Roundabout]] in London; [[Silicon Glen]] in Scotland; [[Silicon Gorge]] in Bristol, England; [[Silicon Alley]] in New York City; and [[Silicon Beach]] in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.innovationjournalism.org/ij4/presentations/turouskalidavidnordfors.pdf |title=The role of journalism in creating the metaphor of Silicon Valley |last1=Uskali |first1=T. |last2=Nordfors |first2=D. |date=23 May 2007  |work=Innovation Journalism 4 Conference, Stanford University|access-date=2016-08-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120907002807/http://www.innovationjournalism.org/ij4/presentations/turouskalidavidnordfors.pdf |archive-date=2012-09-07 }}</ref>