transistor
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By the 50s it was making tape recorders and transistor radios.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
“Back then transistor radios were real popular,” David said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
IBM Research unveiled the world’s first sub-1 nanometer chip technology, featuring a 0.7 nanometer node transistor architecture.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Using this approach, the researchers demonstrated for the first time that a single transistor can reproduce the energy efficient "spiking" activity of biological neurons at temperatures as low as 10mK.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026
Through the speakers, the security is reassuring the crowd, saying, “A transistor sparked in the upper levels of the dome, but everything is under control now. Please mind your steps and follow the exit signs.”
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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"For many years, efforts to improve atomically thin transistors have largely focused on discovering better semiconductor materials," said Professor Wen-Hao Chang, the study's corresponding author from NYCU.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
As transistors shrink, making this insulating layer thinner can improve electrical control.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
The machines use focused beams of ultraviolet light to etch on wafers of silicon billions of transistors roughly the width of a strand of DNA.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
By squeezing more transistors into tighter spaces, these advanced nodes boost processing speeds while cutting down on power consumption.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
They glued transistors to their ears all summer, even during Jorge del Pino’s brief hospital stays, and cheered when the Mets caught fire and the Cubs finally folded.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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