The first transistor, invented at Bell Labs in 1947, was a handmade device about half an inch tall—enormous by today’s ...

MIT engineers estimate that silicon transistors, essential to gadgets like iPods, phones and kitchen appliances, will hit a wall in terms of size and performance within the next 10 to 15 years.

SALT LAKE CITY, March 15, 2011 - University of Utah researchers built "spintronic" transistors and used them to align the magnetic "spins" of electrons for a record period of time in silicon chips ...

What does it take to put a smartphone in readiness for an AI-saturated world? For Apple’s future iPhone 18, the solution ...

Journal Nature DOI 10.1038/s41586-025-08742-4 Article Title Synaptic and neural behaviours in a standard silicon transistor Article Publication Date 26-Mar-2025 ...

With silicon being an expensive metalloid, graphene may someday replace it as a cheaper, and far greater transistor with speeds capable of 10,000 times that of silicon.

Building on classic silicon technology In classic computers, the solution to the scalability problem lay in silicon chips, which today include billions of "fin field-effect transistors" (FinFETs).

Traditionally, chip-making companies have manufactured silicon wafers that favor only negatively charged transistors. Designers had to choose whether or not to optimize their substrates for ...

Electrons in carbon transistors can move more easily than in silicon-based devices, and the ultra-thin body of carbon nanotubes provide additional advantages at the atomic scale.

New crystal-based transistor could replace silicon in next-gen electronics. (CREDIT: CC BY-SA 4.0) Shrinking computers, faster phones, and smarter gadgets all rely on one tiny component: the ...

IBM was able to reduce the thickness of silicon on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers, the company said. The silicon body of its new 6nm gate transistor is only 4nm to 8nm thick, with proper turn ...

The transistor’s role in the birth of Silicon Valley Silicon Valley exists for a number of reasons. Chief among them might be the mother of a Nobel Prize winner.