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Transistor 'design limitation' actually improves performance, scientists find

What many engineers once saw as a flaw in organic electronics could actually make these devices more stable and reliable, ...

MIT electronics researchers develop a new way to fabricate transistors on the backend of finished dies, to keep pushing the limit of chip densities ever higher

Traditional CMOS chips are fabricated by applying and then etching repeated layers of different materials, applied to a wafer ...
Electronic Design

Your Next Bio-Transistor May Consist of Silk, Not Silicon

Why silk is being used for bio-compatible transistors. How the silk is transformed to develop the transistor function. The two types of operation provided by the silk-based transistor. Silicon and ...
University of Surrey

Scientists find that a ‘design limitation’ in transistors actually improves performance

The key to understanding the improved stability in the devices was enabled by exploring the novel ‘multimodal transistor’ ...
Nanowerk

Researchers find that a 'design limitation' in transistors actually improves performance

What many engineers once saw as a flaw in organic electronics could actually make these devices more stable and reliable, ...

Which Engineering Branch Is known As The Circuit Savants?

Find out why engineers in the fields of electrical and electronic engineering (EE and ECE) are referred to as 'Circuit ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Research Bits: Dec. 16

While previous p-bit proposals included an analog component and DAC, the new research offers an all-digital p-bit design. “The reliance on analog signals was holding back progress,” said Shunsuke ...

Quantum Tech Hits Its “Transistor Moment,” Scientists Say

A new article examines the history of computing to help outline the direction of quantum research. It reports that quantum ...
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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 ...
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New materials could boost the energy efficiency of microelectronics

MIT researchers developed a new fabrication method that could enable them to stack multiple active components, like transistors and memory units, on top of an existing circuit, which would improve the ...