Silicon’s properties as a semiconductor are far from ideal. Athough silicon lets electrons whizz through its structure easily, it is much less accommodating to “holes” electrons’ positively charged counterparts and harnessing both is important for some kinds of chips. Furthermore, silicon is not very good at conducting heat, which is why overheating.
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