The transistor computer uses over 2000 individual ... program and play a simple dinosaur game as well. Building a computer out of discrete components like this is an impressive accomplishment ...

Tech companies are revamping computing — from how tiny chips are built to the way they are arranged, cooled and powered — in the race to build artificial intelligence that recreates the human brain.

In a significant advancement for semiconductor technology, ECE's Prof. Kaustav Banerjee , co-authors Arnab Pal & Wei Cao and researchers have unveiled novel three-dimensional (3D) transistors ...

As an essential part of a broad spectrum of electronic devices such as computers, smartphones, and other consumer electronics, transistors play a vital role in driving technological progress.

Microsoft has long been working on an alternative that could cut down on the overhead by using components that are far more ...

So What Was the Transistor Good For? Transistors may have been useful to the phone company and to a handful of scientists building computers, but that wasn't enough to build an industry.