transistor

By the 50s it was making tape recorders and transistor radios.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

A working transistor requires an extremely thin insulating layer known as the gate dielectric.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026

“Back then transistor radios were real popular,” David said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

Big Blue’s research division announced Thursday that it had produced the world’s first sub-1 nanometer chip technology, featuring a transistor architecture at the 0.7 nanometer node.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

Through the window, Mariam saw neighbors milling about, chatting excitedly, transistor radios pressed to their ears.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini

For decades, much of the effort to improve transistors has centered on discovering better semiconductor materials or making devices smaller.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026

As transistors shrink toward the dimensions of individual atoms, those interfaces could become some of the most important parts of the devices themselves.

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

It was designed to stop electricity from leaking as transistors shrink to microscopic levels, ultimately allowing chips to become smaller, faster, and more efficient.

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