Nanowerk

Transistors explained – what they are and what they do

A transistor – a word blend of "transfer" and "resistor" – is a fundamental component of today's advanced electronics. Essentially, a transistor, as one of the foundational elements of modern ...
Purdue University

Purdue technology for downscaling transistors could advance semiconductor design

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – An innovation by Purdue University researchers could help the semiconductor industry design transistors that are smaller, use less power and switch from on to off at smaller ...
ExtremeTech

What Is a Transistor, and How Does It Work?

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EDN

Cree Announces Sample Release of Two New GaN HEMT Microwave Transistors for Telecommunications Applications

DURHAM, N.C., JANUARY 28, 2009 — Cree, Inc (Nasdaq: CREE) announces the sample release of two 120W, highly efficient GaN HEMT microwave transistors for telecommunication applications such as W-CDMA, ...
EDN

Dual-gate transistor-based DRAM to sample by year’s end

Newly Developed DRAM Device Offers Twice the Speed of DDR2, First to Utilize “Dual Gate” Transistor Technology TOKYO, JAPAN — Elpida Memory, Inc., Japan's leading global supplier of Dynamic Random ...
Electronic Design

76 Years of the Transistor: Then, Now, and What’s to Come

How the first transistor evolved to meet new and emerging application demands as underlying structures transform and multi-die systems gained further adoption. How transistors have enabled the ...
Ars Technica

A transistor made using two atomically thin materials sets size record

The ever-shrinking features of transistors etched in silicon have always required pushing the cutting edge of manufacturing technology. The discovery of atomically thin materials like graphene and ...