Purdue University

New 'finFET' promising for smaller transistors, more powerful chips

Purdue University researchers are making progress in developing a new type of transistor that uses a finlike structure instead of the conventional flat design, possibly enabling engineers to create ...
Business Wire

GLOBALFOUNDRIES Unveils FinFET Transistor Architecture Optimized for Next-Generation Mobile Devices

MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GLOBALFOUNDRIES today accelerated its leading-edge roadmap with the launch of a new technology designed for the expanding mobile market. The company’s 14nm-XM ...
Forbes

IBM Goes Vertical To Scale Transistors

At the December 2021 IEDM conference (a conference for people who design advanced semiconductors), IBM announced it was turning transistors on their heads to keep Moore’s Law scaling alive. The new ...
EDN

14nm-XM FifFet Transistors

GlobalFoundries today accelerated its roadmap with the launch of a new technology designed for the expanding mobile market. The company’s 14nm-XM offering will give customers the performance and power ...
Computerworld

TSMC to unveil 20nm chips with FinFET transistors at IEDM

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) may be showing off its vision for the future of chip manufacturing technologies beyond 20 nanometers when it unveils its latest research into FinFET ...
EDN

Achronix Tapes Out Industry’s First FinFET-based System-on-Chip Using Synopsys’ IC Compiler and IC Validator

Achronix standardizes on Synopsys' IC Complier for design, and IC Validator for verification Synopsys tools used in production for first commercial FinFET-based design Latest tool enhancements enable ...
SiliconANGLE

IBM and Samsung detail ‘breakthrough’ vertical transistor architecture

IBM Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. on Tuesday detailed a new transistor architecture that they believe could provide twice the performance of current technology using the same amount of ...
SiliconANGLE

Samsung starts producing 3-nanometer chips based on new transistor technology

In a major industry milestone, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. today announced that it has begun producing chips using its latest three-nanometer semiconductor manufacturing process. The process will ...
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What Is a Transistor, and How Does It Work?

Transistors are tiny electronic components that act as switches and amplifiers, and they dwell at the heart of modern technology. In simple terms, a transistor can turn a flow of electricity on or off ...
Purdue University

New 'finFET' promising for smaller transistors, more powerful chips

Purdue University researchers are making progress in developing a new type of transistor that uses a finlike structure instead of the conventional flat design, possibly enabling engineers to create ...