LONDON — Hewlett-Packard Company (Palo Alto, Calif.) claimed Tuesday (Feb. 1) that its researchers have proven that a technology they invented could replace the transistor, the fundamental building ...

On Oct. 3, 1950, three Bell Labs scientists received a patent for a "three-electrode circuit element" that would usher in the ...

The often-quoted Moore 's Law says that we can expect processors to double in capacity every 18 months. And that has held true. Now computer scientists warn that - without some significant ...

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

With a recent breakthrough in making circuits with molecules, Hewlett-Packard hopes to change chip history and expand its own role in the process. Researchers from the Palo Alto, Calif.-based ...

Bell Labs scientists behind the invention of the transistor would, at last, have the U.S. Patent in their hands.

This intelligent electronic lock circuit is built using transistors only. To open this electronic lock, one has to press tactile switches S1 through S4 sequentially. For deception you may annotate ...

SMALL may be beautiful, but it is also hard. This is the reality faced by those trying to make ever-smaller transistors, one of the key components of virtually all modern electronic devices. The laws ...