PC Gamer

There's a valuable LEDX you can grab in Escape From Tarkov's tutorial—and it's lost forever if you don't

Make sure not to miss this valuable item your first time around. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Add us as a preferred source on ...
Hackaday

2025 Component Abuse Challenge: Reverse Biasing An NPN BJT

For the Component Abuse Challenge our hacker [Tim Williams] observes that N-P-N reads the same way forwards and backwards, so… what happens if we reverse bias one? (Note: this remark about N-P-N ...
PC Gamer

Nvidia's new six-trillion transistor Vera Rubin 'superchip' for AI makes the 92-billion transistor RTX 5090 gaming GPU look positively puny

That said, it's not actually all in one chip... When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Nvidia's ever-optimistic CEO, Jensen Huang, has ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle

UChicago scientists create novel, ultrathin material to make transistors

The ability to make a very miniature on/off switch changed the world. These tiny switches, known as transistors, make up the basis of all modern computing—they drive your cell phones, your bank ...
Live Science

Science history: Invention of the transistor ushers in the computing era — Oct. 3, 1950

On Oct. 3, 1950, three scientists at Bell Labs in New Jersey received a U.S. patent for what would become one of the most important inventions of the 20th century — the transistor. John Bardeen, ...
Nanowerk

Engineers develop a magnetic transistor for more energy-efficient electronics

A new device concept opens the door to compact, high-performance transistors with built-in memory. (Nanowerk News) Transistors, the building blocks of modern electronics, are typically made of silicon ...
Phys.org

Engineers develop a magnetic transistor for more energy-efficient electronics

Transistors, the building blocks of modern electronics, are typically made of silicon. Because it's a semiconductor, this material can control the flow of electricity in a circuit. But silicon has ...
ExtremeTech

What Is a Transistor, and How Does It Work?

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NextBigFuture

Samsung Versus TSMC Versus Intel

TSMC 3nm process node is the best FinFET technology and TSMC dominates semiconductor chip fabrication with higher transistor density, better yields on a mature technology and broad adoption by clients ...
TechSpot

University of Arizona scientists unveil breakthrough petahertz-speed transistor

Editor's take: The University of Arizona could become the birthplace of the world's first petahertz-speed transistor. If successful, this research work could mark the dawn of a new era in computing, ...
ExtremeTech

Chinese Researchers Say They Have a Fast, Silicon-Free Transistor

If the claim is accurate, it would mean that China has bleeding-edge tech that could rival chips from Intel and TSMC. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share ...