Morning Overview on MSN

Forget transistors: an intelligent material computes like a brain

Engineers are starting to build hardware that does not just run artificial intelligence, it behaves like a primitive form of ...
PBS

A Working Junction Transistor

There was no doubt about it, point-contact transistors were fidgety. The transistors being made by Bell just didn't work the same way twice, and on top of that, they were noisy. While one lab at Bell ...
PBS

Clashing Egos to the End

Although many scientists contributed along the way, it was three men who really brought the transistor to life, and each played a different role: the thinker, the tinkerer, and the visionary. John ...
Morning Overview on MSN

MIT finds a new way to pack more transistors on a chip

For decades, chipmakers have squeezed more computing power out of silicon by shrinking transistors, but that strategy is running into hard physical limits. A new approach from MIT aims to sidestep ...
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 ...
Nature

Magnon transistor for all-magnon data processing

An attractive direction in next-generation information processing is the development of systems employing particles or quasiparticles other than electrons—ideally with low dissipation—as information ...
Wired

First Functional Molecular Transistor Comes Alive

Nearly 62 years after researchers at Bell Labs demonstrated the first functional transistor, scientists say they have made another major breakthrough. Researchers showed the first functional ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Transistor Aging Intensifies At 10/7nm And Below

Transistor aging and reliability are becoming much more troublesome for design teams at 10nm and below. Concepts like ‘infant mortality’ and ‘bathtub curves’ are not new to semiconductor design, but ...
Hackaday

Tiny Transceiver Gets It Done With One Transistor

When we first spotted the article about a one-transistor amateur radio transceiver, we were sure it was a misprint. We’ve seen a lot of simple low-power receivers using a single transistor, and a fair ...
PC Gamer

Transistor review

A brilliant and rewarding combat system propels a story that never becomes as interesting as it seemingly should. PC Gamer's got your back Our experienced team dedicates many hours to every review, to ...
Polygon

Transistor review: a girl and her sword

Transistor is not afraid to step out of the shadow of its famous sibling. The latest from developer Supergiant Games, Transistor shares plenty of DNA with its predecessor, the popular indie game ...