Advances in materials and architecture could lead to silicon-free chip manufacturing thanks to a new type of transistor.

New chipmaking systems boost the energy-efficient performance of Gate-All-Around transistors and wiring at 2nm and beyondViva™ pure radical ...

For any given processor it’s generally easy to find a statistic on the number of transistors used to construct it, with the famous Intel 8086 CPU generally said to contain 29,000 transistors. This is ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) For over fifty years, the relentless miniaturization of silicon transistors has upheld Moore’s Law, delivering exponential leaps in computing power. However, this development ...

A reconfigurable transistor can run AI processes using 100 times less electricity than the standard transistors found in silicon-based chips. It could help spur development of a new generation of ...

A prototype nitride-based single-die power transistor developed by semiconductor manufacturer NEC (Tokyo, Japan) has set a record by amplifying a 30-GHz signal to the 2.3-W level. Previous levels ...