Since the 1940s when the first transistor was created, transistors have evolved from ornery blocks of germanium wrangled into basic amplifiers into thousands and thousands of different devices made of ...
Computer researchers have fashioned infinitesimally tiny electronic switches using conventional chipmaking equipment, demonstrating that the semiconductor industry will be able to continue shrinking ...
The chip industry is changing the recipe for its transistors to continue improving performance for another generation. For almost 40 years, chipmakers have been building transistor gates--the basic ...
Intel, IBM and AMD plan to unveil chips built using new materials, marking a historic shift away from traditional transistor ingredients. Intel shows off Penryn chips Tom Krazit writes about the ...