The prediction that transistor counts on microchips would keep doubling every two years gave the tech industry its growth ...

The ‘nanometer’ number in chip manufacturing refers to the size of the smallest parts, like transistor gates. A 5nm process ...

For almost two decades, scientists have been trying to move beyond silicon, the material ...

Computer researchers have fashioned infinitesimally tiny electronic switches using conventional chipmaking equipment, demonstrating that the semiconductor industry will be able to continue shrinking ...

Researchers at Cornell University have developed a powerful imaging technique that reveals atomic scale defects inside computer chips for the first time. Using an advanced electron microscopy method, ...

Researchers at Penn State in the US have developed a microscopic, 2D-material-based thermometer designed ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have literally taken a leap into a new era of computing power by making the world's smallest precision-built transistor - a "quantum dot" of just seven atoms in a single ...

Cornell researchers have used advanced electron microscopy to identify "mouse bite" defects in 3D transistors for the first time ...

Researchers developed a dual-modulated vertical transistor that suppresses leakage at nanoscale channels and supports ...

A stunning new imaging breakthrough lets scientists see — and fix — the atomic flaws hiding inside tomorrow’s computer chips.

Researchers used advanced electron ptychography to visualize atomic-scale defects inside modern transistors. The technique ...