Switching has almost always meant “hard" switching, which is simple but comes with all kinds of electrical and thermal ...

Jamie Stillman of EarthQuaker Devices gives GW a pulse check on the trends affecting what we see on our pedalboards ...

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A tiny new crystal-based transistor could be the key to faster, more reliable AI chips—leaving traditional silicon designs in the dust. Credit: Shutterstock In a potential turning point for ...

Shrinking silicon transistors have reached their physical limits, but a team from the University of Tokyo is rewriting the rules. They've created a cutting-edge transistor using gallium-doped indium ...

A friend recently sent me an email noting that the classic 2N3904 bipolar transistor was now 60 years old. Since its “birth” was before I got involved with basic electronics, that callout was ...

The 2D transistor’s design looks like a series of interwoven bridges. Photo: Peking University/modified by ZME Science. At Peking University, a group of Chinese scientists may have just turned the ...

NUS scientists have made a standard silicon transistor mimic brain functions, paving the way for efficient, scalable AI hardware using existing chip technology. NUS researchers have shown that a ...

Sensors monitoring mechanical and biological systems must often scavenge power from the thing being sensed. The oscillator circuits shown here let you operate those sensors. Sensor circuits that ...

Transistors and their use in neuro-synaptic-mimicking devices. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-08742-4 Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have demonstrated that ...

Explains the principles of transistor switching circuits, highlighting their role in electronic computers. It contrasts transistors with vacuum tubes, emphasizing that transistors function as ...