Most lab testing quietly inflates 2D transistor performance, research reveals

For nearly two decades, two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors have been studied as a complement or possible successor to silicon transistors, promising smaller, faster and more energy-efficient ...
Duke Pratt School of Engineering

Study Finds Next-Generation Transistor Performance Inflated in Most Lab Testing

Duke engineers show how a common device architecture used to test 2D transistors overstates their performance prospects in real-world devices.
Hackaday

Unusual Circuits In The Intel 386’s Standard Cell Logic

Intel’s 386 CPU is notable for being its first x86 CPU to use so-called standard cell logic, which swapped the taping out of individual transistors with wiring up standardized functional blocks. This ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle

UChicago scientists create novel, ultrathin material to make transistors

The ability to make a very miniature on/off switch changed the world. These tiny switches, known as transistors, make up the basis of all modern computing—they drive your cell phones, your bank ...
CNBC

This airline is bringing back its $299 ‘all you can fly’ pass for a limited time: Here's what to know

Frontier Airlines is bringing back its annual GoWild! All-You-Can-Fly pass at just $299 — for a limited time only. And it's a deal that seems tailor made for the more spontaneous, and budget-conscious ...
IEEE

Enabling Efficient Pure-NMOS Circuits Through Adiabatic Complementary Pass-Transistor Logic

Abstract: For many emerging computing technologies, such as wearable and flexible IoT devices, power and energy consumption may be of far greater importance than performance and operating frequency.
Science Daily

Scientists built a transistor that could leave silicon in the dust

Shrinking silicon transistors have reached their physical limits, but a team from the University of Tokyo is rewriting the rules. They've created a cutting-edge transistor using gallium-doped indium ...
Hackaday

Simulating High-Side Bootstrap Circuits With LTSpice

LTSpice is a tool that every electronics nerd should have at least a basic knowledge of. Those of us who work professionally in the analog and power worlds rely heavily on the validity of our ...
GitHub

transmission-gate-logic

Performance Analysis of a 4-bit Ripple Carry Adder (RCA) formed using Static CMOS, Transmission Gate, NMOS Pass Transistor Logic at gpdk 180nm Technology node.
EDN

A new platform for thermally stable DRAM peripheral transistors

Dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chips contain many other transistors besides the access transistor to enable full operation of the DRAM memory. These peripheral transistors must meet stringent ...
Electronic Design

Dirt Cheap ASIC Design for Dummies (Part 3): NMOS, PMOS Silicon Design Using a Web Browser

Quickly learn what the difference is between PMOS and NMOS transistors in their structure and operation, and how CMOS works with the two in combination. Siliwiz, a free, browser-based, ASIC layout ...