On Oct. 3, 1950, three Bell Labs scientists received a patent for a "three-electrode circuit element" that would usher in the ...
The smaller electronic components become, the more complex their manufacture becomes. This has been a major problem for the ...
Transistors, the building blocks of microprocessors, may have only one place to go in the future according to Intel researchers: up. At a presentation in Japan this week, the Santa Clara, Calif.-based ...
Our microelectronics relies on doped semiconductors. But there is an alternative: Instead of the semiconductor parts ...
MIT engineers built a magnetic transistor from chromium sulfur bromide, promising smaller, faster electronics with built-in ...
After decades of setting the pace for tech and innovation, the U.S. is at risk of surrendering its lead in the race that will ...
MIT researchers have now replaced silicon with a magnetic semiconductor, creating a magnetic transistor that could enable ...
A new magnetic transistor switches current ten times more strongly than silicon chips while operating at lower energy, and ...
For the first time, researchers at TU Wien have successfully manufactured a silicon-germanium (SiGe) transistor using an ...
A Planet Analog article, “ 2N3904: Why use a 60-year-old transistor? ” by Bill Schweber, inspired some interest in this old ...