Extreme nanotechnology: Creating a transistor with a single atom
Researchers at the University of South Wales and Purdue University say they have successfully created a transistor using a phosphorus atom inside of a silicon crystal.
By Ed Oswald
IBM creates 9nm carbon nanotube transistor that outperforms silicon
IBM has demonstrated a nine nanometer (9nm) carbon nanotube transistor (CNT) -- the smallest CNT ever made, and significantly smaller than any commercial silicon transistor.
Transistors made from cotton yarn, t-shirt computers incoming
Altering the very fabric of technophilic society, a multinational team of material scientists have created electric circuits and transistors out of cotton fibers.
Nanowires enable faster, low-power 10nm 3D transistors
When it comes to 3D transistors, you've probably heard of FinFET -- the 3D, "Tri-gate" transistors that are taking Intel (and eventually other silicon foundries) to 22nm and beyond -- but now a research team from Harvard and Purdue have forsaken silicon entirely and created a 3D transistor out of nanowires.
AMD cuts 800M transistors off Bulldozer, confusion ensues
AMD issued an update to Bulldozer's transistor count over the weekend, but the numbers don't add up.
By Joel Hruska
Beyond 22nm: Applied Materials, the unsung hero of Silicon Valley
Behind every major semiconductor manufacturer a little-known but crucial company called Applied Materials has plied its trade for almost 45 years. Inside every Intel, GlobalFoundries, and TSMC silicon chip foundry, there are Applied Materials machines performing some of the finest handiwork known to man.
Intel 4004, the first CPU, is 40 years old today
Four decades ago today -- November 15, 1971 -- Intel placed an advertisement for the first single-chip CPU, the Intel 4004, in Electronic News.
Nanodiamond transistors and house-sized computers are coming
Transistors made out of diamonds are heat resistant, and both faster and more energy efficient than their silicon counterparts.
IBM Builds World First Graphene Integrated Circuit
After making a transistor that operates at 100GHz, IBM has now made an entire integrated circuit out of single-atom-thick graphene.