Semiconductor transistors now switch states in single-digit picoseconds, enabling processors to flip billions of logic gates ...

In a nutshell: Back in 2021, a team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology made waves by creating an entirely new type of ferroelectric material. Now, those same researchers have one-upped ...

Three-terminal thermal analogies to electrical transistors have been proposed for use in thermal amplification, thermal switching, or thermal logic, but have not yet been demonstrated experimentally.

Transistors, small devices that can amplify or switch electrical signals, are central components of all modern computer chips ...

A silicon carbide transistor uses negative differential resistance at millikelvin temperatures to enable low-power local ...

“Three-terminal thermal analogies to electrical transistors have been proposed for use in thermal amplification, thermal switching, or thermal logic, but have not yet been demonstrated experimentally.

As the global semiconductor industry enters the so-called 2-nanometer process era, the actual size of transistors—the core ...

An artist’s rendering of a fullerene switch with incoming electron and incident red laser light pulses. (Image: Yanagisawa et al. CC-BY) Over 70 years ago, physicists discovered that molecules emit ...

A transistor is a tiny but powerful electronic component that acts like a switch or an amplifier. It is made from a semiconductor material, usually silicon, and has three legs for connection to ...