(Nanowerk Spotlight) In the field of computing, the electronic transistor has long been the dominant technology. Since its invention in 1947, this tiny device has become the foundation of modern ...

Explains the principles of transistor switching circuits, highlighting their role in electronic computers. It contrasts transistors with vacuum tubes, emphasizing that transistors function as ...

The transistor, invented at Bell Labs in 1947, replaced bulky vacuum tubes and enabled the miniaturization revolution that created modern electronics.

As transistors are scaled to smaller dimensions, their static power increases. Combining two-dimensional (2D) channel materials with complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) logic architectures ...

London-based Quantum Motion, a quantum computing startup that develops scalable quantum computing tech using silicon, ...

Boffins have emerged from their smoke-filled labs, claiming to have created a new type of transistor that can dissipate almost zero heat. This transistor promises to slash energy usage in future ...

Quantum computers represent a breakthrough comparable to the move from valves to transistors in computer engineering. It doesn't just mean processing data faster; it means processing data in ways that ...

Recent technological advances have opened new possibilities for the development of advanced biomedical devices that could be ...

Quantum Motion has delivered the industry’s first full-stack quantum computer to be built using a standard silicon CMOS chip ...

As we've covered before, printing computer circuits isn't overly difficult -- you just need to find the right conductive and semiconductive inks (which can be tricky), and then print them out on a ...

A bioelectronic engineer, Klas Tybrandt of Linkoping University in Sweden, has built the first "ion transistor" computer chip, which uses chemical ions and biological molecules as charge carriers ...

Scientists built a nano switch that controls excitons, chargeless quantum quasiparticles, at room temperature.