对于本年度的诺贝尔物理学奖而言，硅是比黄金更为恰当的材料。因为今年荣获诺贝尔物理学奖的３位科学家都是利用硅材料作出了他们杰出的成就。他们分别是：达拉斯德州仪器公司的杰克·基尔比（Ｊａｃｋ　Ｋｉｌｂｙ，见上图）、加州大学圣巴巴拉分校的赫伯特·克勒默（Ｈｅｒ Silicon is a more appropriate material than gold for this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics. Because of this year’s three scientists won the Nobel Prize in Physics are the use of silicon materials made their outstanding achievements. They are: Jack Kilby of Dallas Texas Instruments (pictured above), Herbert Kramer of the University of California, Santa Barbara