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For the first time, researchers at TU Wien have successfully manufactured a silicon-germanium (SiGe) transistor using an ...

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MIT engineers built a magnetic transistor from chromium sulfur bromide, promising smaller, faster electronics with built-in ...

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A new magnetic transistor switches current ten times more strongly than silicon chips while operating at lower energy, and ...

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have demonstrated fully 3D-printed resettable fuses, essential components in active electronics that usually rely on semiconductors. However, ...

The transistor, invented at Bell Labs in 1947, replaced bulky vacuum tubes and enabled the miniaturization revolution that created modern electronics.

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A Planet Analog article, “ 2N3904: Why use a 60-year-old transistor? ” by Bill Schweber, inspired some interest in this old ...