The basic rules by which chips are being designed could be wrong, physicists have warned. Researchers at the US National Institute of Science and Technology have warned that a flaw exists in ...

Explains the principles of transistor switching circuits, highlighting their role in electronic computers. It contrasts transistors with vacuum tubes, emphasizing that transistors function as ...

Basic transistor flaw could hobble chip design Researchers at the US National Institute of Science and Technology have thrown doubt on accepted rules, threatening the future of nano-scale transistors.