computer science

Silicon Power

Silicon Power is a computer science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Silicon Power rather than just read about it. In short: Silicon Power Computer & Communications Incorporated, commonly referred to as Silicon Power and as SP, is an international brand and a Taiwan-based manufacturer of flash memory products, including flash memory cards, USB flash drives, portable hard drives, DRAM modules, card readers, solid-state drives, USB adapters, and other industrial-grade computer products. Overview Silicon Power is headquartered in the Neihu d…

Key takeaways

Silicon Power belongs to computer science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Silicon Power to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Silicon Power from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Silicon Power Computer & Communications Incorporated, commonly referred to as Silicon Power and as SP, is an international brand and a Taiwan-based manufacturer of flash memory products, including flash memory cards, USB flash drives, portable hard drives, DRAM modules, card readers, solid-state drives, USB adapters, and other industrial-grade computer products.

Overview

Silicon Power is headquartered in the Neihu district of Taipei, Taiwan, and was founded in 2003. Silicon Power produces digital memory.

Corporate information Silicon Power has offices in Taiwan, Japan, the Netherlands, Balkan, China, India, the United States, as well as manufacturing facilities in Taiwan and logistics facilities in Taiwan and Netherlands. In 2012, Silicon Power became a public company on the Taipei Exchange. In a 2010 survey by the Common Wealth Magazine, Silicon Power was ranked 11th in the top 1,000 fastest growing manufacturers in Taiwan, and first in the semiconductor industry.

History Silicon Power was founded in the Neihu district of Taipei, Taiwan, in 2003. Between 2004 and 2008, branches were opened in the Netherlands and Japan.

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Silicon Power

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Silicon Power claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In computer science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Silicon Power before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Silicon Power ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Silicon Power

In research: Silicon Power appears in computer science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Silicon Power in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Silicon Power is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2003 establishments in Taiwan, Companies based in Taipei, Computer companies established in 2003, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Silicon Power outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Silicon Power in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Silicon Power means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Silicon Power out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Silicon Power in simple terms?

Why does Silicon Power matter?

Because it connects several computer science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Silicon Power?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Silicon Power.