Tag: transistor

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Cisco to replace sparky UCS blade

By Liam Tung | Feb 8, 2012 | Comment Now

After firmware update comes modified hardware.

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Researchers boast first programmable 'nanoprocessor'

By Liz Tay | Feb 10, 2011 | Comment Now

Nanowire transistors perform logical functions.

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Graphene amplifiers to increase wireless chip efficiency

By Liz Tay | Oct 21, 2010 | Comment Now

Triple-mode transistors built from one-atom-thick carbon.

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Graphene ‘nanobubbles’ could improve switches, sensors

By Liz Tay | Jul 30, 2010 | Comment Now

Potential silicon replacement exhibits ‘bizarre’ properties when strained.

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Light-emitting particles to support new form of computing

Jun 20, 2008 | Comment Now

U.S. physicists are using particles called excitons to develop transistors that could be better suited to fast communication.

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GaN transistors to replace silicon in 'extreme' devices

By Liz Tay | May 27, 2008 | Comment Now

A chemical compound known as gallium nitrade (GaN) could replace silicon for high-power and high-temperature electronics.

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Boffins build world's smallest transistor

Apr 22, 2008 | Comment Now

Researchers at the University of Manchester claim to have created the world's smallest transistor from graphene, measuring just one atom thick and 10 atoms wide..

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IT giants celebrate birth of the transistor

By Shaun Nichols | Dec 19, 2007 | Comment Now

The transistor will officially turn 60 next week, and the world's largest technology firms are pausing to celebrate an invention which many credit as the creator of Silicon ...

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Scientists show off world's fastest transistor

By Robert Jaques | Dec 14, 2006 | Comment Now

Device brings 'holy grail' of terahertz computing closer.