The chipmaker unveils an experimental transistor with three gates, in a continued effort to find ways to increase performance while conserving electricity. Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET ...

Motorola develops a dual-gate transistor in which the two gates can switch on and off independently--a twist the company says could increase performance and reduce power consumption. Michael Kanellos ...

KYOTO, Japan — Intel Corp. here on Thursday (June 12) revealed new details of its advanced “tri-gate” transistor design, claiming the technology could be deployed at the 45-nm node in 2007. Hedging ...

It's hard to imagine the scale of the process Intel's is describing, but think of fitting more than 6 million transistors in the period at the end of this sentence. That's the claim Intel is making ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Intel Corp. last week threw a box-like triple-gate transistor structure into the ring of contenders for ascendancy in the post-planar-CMOS era. While emphasizing that the tri-gate ...

Transistors are tiny electronic components that act as switches and amplifiers, and they dwell at the heart of modern technology. In simple terms, a transistor can turn a flow of electricity on or off ...

At an event today in San Francisco, Intel announced one of the most important pieces of semiconductor news in many years: the company’s upcoming 22nm processors will feature a fundamental change to ...

Advanced Micro Devices on Thursday unveiled an experimental transistor with three gates, in a continued effort to find ways to increase performance while conserving electricity. The transistor, which ...

Motorola has put two transistors in one. Researchers at the company's Austin, Texas, laboratory said Monday that they have developed a dual-gate transistor in which the two gates can act independently ...