Advances in materials and architecture could lead to silicon-free chip manufacturing thanks to a new type of transistor.

New chipmaking systems boost the energy-efficient performance of Gate-All-Around transistors and wiring at 2nm and beyondViva™ pure radical ...

For any given processor it’s generally easy to find a statistic on the number of transistors used to construct it, with the famous Intel 8086 CPU generally said to contain 29,000 transistors. This is ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) For over fifty years, the relentless miniaturization of silicon transistors has upheld Moore’s Law, delivering exponential leaps in computing power. However, this development ...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. has previewed a new chipmaking process that will facilitate the production of faster, more efficient data center processors. TSMC’s 1.6-nanometer process, ...

A prototype nitride-based single-die power transistor developed by semiconductor manufacturer NEC (Tokyo, Japan) has set a record by amplifying a 30-GHz signal to the 2.3-W level. Previous levels ...

The big picture: The global company showed how it plans to continue increasing transistor density over the next several years. It also believes that the semiconductor industry will transition to ...