Scientists from the University of Glasgow have made a major breakthrough that could lead to a new generation of powerful and ...

The first transistor was about half an inch high. That's mammoth by today's standards, when 7 million transistors can fit on a single computer chip. It was nevertheless an amazing piece of technology.

The idea of an optical transistor — and the associated optical logic circuits that may follow — conjures images of light controlling light in some sparkling, transparent computer. This dream ...

But in 1951, Shockley improved upon the original idea with a junction transistor. The importance of this small item gradually sank in. The transistor was a solid (thus the term "solid-state ...

While it is hard to imagine today, securing a license to produce transistors was difficult in the early days. What’s worse is, even with the license, it was not feasible to use the crude devices ...

This detailed understanding of the material’s properties allowed the team to optimize the transistor’s design for use in real ...

This transistor, presented in a paper in Nature ... applicability in edge devices that process information locally and in ...