On Oct. 3, 1950, three Bell Labs scientists received a patent for a "three-electrode circuit element" that would usher in the transistor age and the era of modern computing.

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This video explains the fundamental concepts of semiconductors and how they enable modern electronics. It covers the essential physics behind semiconductors, including energy band gaps and the process ...

A research team in Kiel has demonstrated a previously unknown effect in graphene—a single layer of carbon atoms whose discovery earned the 2010 Nobel Prize. For years, graphene has been seen as a ...

A team at University of Massachusetts Amherst developed artificial neurons that fire in the same voltage range as living cells. Silicon and biology can now speak the same electrical language.

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Every smartphone in your pocket, every car with advanced electronics, and every server that powers the internet relies on one company’s machines. That company is ASML. The post ASML: The US$378 ...

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Introduction - What is a Cyber Arms Race? The Cyber Arms Race can trace its roots to 1949 when the Soviet Union tested their first nuclear weapon.