Ars Technica

Transistors go 3D as Intel re-invents the microchip

At an event today in San Francisco, Intel announced one of the most important pieces of semiconductor news in many years: the company's upcoming 22nm processors will feature a fundamental change to ...
Hackaday

logic gates

The fun part about logic gates is that there are so many ways to make them, with each approach having its own advantages and disadvantages. Although these days transistor-transistor logic (TTL) is the ...
Semiconductor Engineering

The Impact Of Metal Gate Recess Profile On Transistor Resistance And Capacitance

In logic devices such as finFETs (field-effect transistors), metal gate parasitic capacitance can negatively impact electrical performance. One way to reduce this parasitic capacitance is to optimize ...
Geeky Gadgets

Computer Logic Gates demonstrated using water

YouTuber Steve Mould has created a great demonstration of computer logic gates using water, tubes, and 3D printed components. This innovative approach provides a tangible and visual way to understand ...
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 ...
Science Daily

First Transistor Using Nanotechnology Is 50 Times More Energy Efficient Than Current Models

Transistors are an indispensable building block in electric appliances, where they amplify weak electric currents. Now researchers have developed a new type of transistor that is 50 times more energy ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Efficacy of Transistor Interleaving in DICE Flip-Flops at a 22 nm FD SOI Technology Node

Researchers present 3 DICE IFF designs with transistor interleaving, the CnRx construct, and the guard gate technique at the 22 nm FD SOI technology node. April 25th, 2022 - By: Technical Paper Link ...