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The news is out — Intel has developed a three-dimensional approach to transistor design for microprocessors. This is an important step in microarchitecture design. Moore’s Law predicts that the number of transistors manufacturers can cram onto a one-inch silicon wafer doubles every 24 months or so. But that’s a finite amount of space and we may very well be reaching the smallest sizes possible for transistors without revolutionizing the entire classic computer model.
Blast from the Past – How Integrated Circuits (chips) Work
by Marshall Brain | January 24, 2011
The following video takes us back to Fairchild Semiconductors in 1967, as the age of integrated circuits is getting underway. It is talking about integrated circuits that contain 20 components (transistors, resistors, etc.), and therefore are far simpler than the billion-transistor chips we see today. It is also an era when the masks used to [...]
Here is an outstanding video that explains how the world’s first transistor works, as well as all subsequent transistors. This invention made possible everything from portable radios to the microprocessors that power modern society: Far more detail on transistors can be found in this lecture: This video demonstrates how transistors are created on chips: For [...]
TechStuff Scorecard for 2009 Predictions and More Electronics
by Jonathan Strickland | December 24, 2009
Hey there, and happy holidays! This week, Chris and I took a look back at the predictions we made at the end of 2008. How did they stack up? Whose predictions were more accurate? And does it depend upon who is keeping score? All these questions and more are answered in Monday’s episode.
On Wednesday, we published part two on our series about electronics. Chris and I talk about some of the basic elements you’ll find in electronic circuits. We give you the scoop on resistors, transistors, capacitors and more. By the time you finish listening to the episode, you’ll know why it’s incredibly dangerous to root around inside an old television set even if it is turned off or unplugged.
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