Year after year, semiconductor manufacturers scale down the size of components, making processors faster and more efficient. However, we're approaching the limits of atomic scale with silicon, leading ...

In this lesson, students search for transistor-based devices at school. They use the results of their search to explain the significance of the transistor in their lives. A transistor is a tiny device ...

Silicon chip manufacturers like Intel and TSMC are constantly outdoing themselves to make ever smaller features, but they are getting closer to the physical limits of silicon. “We already have very, ...

Noted hardware historian and reverse-engineer Ken Shirriff recently found the exact transistors in the original Intel Pentium which caused the "FDIV bug", leading to a $475 million recall in 1994. As ...

Physicists describe the microscopic world using a weird theory called quantum mechanics. The year 2025 is the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, celebrating the 100th anniversary of ...

From AI-powered processors to atomic-scale transistors, the world of microelectronics is continually being redefined by how small, how powerful, and how energy-efficient devices can become. Whether it ...

Taiwan's world-leading microchip manufacturer TSMC says it has started mass producing next-generation "2-nanometer" chips. AFP looks at what that means, and why it's important: What can they do? The ...