Transistors have come a long way. Like everything else electronic, they’ve become both better and cheaper. According to a recent IEEE article, a transistor cost about $8 in today’s money back in the ...

We've been measuring integrated circuit feature sizes in nanometers for years now, but some folks reading this are probably as old or older than yours truly, who can recall when we first talked about ...

A US court has told Samsung to pay $400 million in damages after it found the company's FinFET technology infringed on a patent originally filed by a South Korean university. The Korea Advanced ...

Arthur Torsiglieri was a patent lawyer at Bell Labs who worked closely with the transistor patents. He wasn't there for the very first patent applications on the point-contact transistor and the ...

For decades prior to the advent of the transistor, the amplification of electrical signals was achieved through the use of vacuum tubes. Invented in 1904 by British electrical engineer John Ambrose ...

Rohm sued in California after licensor started arbitration Judge said arbitrator must decide whether to arbitrate Fed Circ agrees, Rohm arguments 'border on the frivolous' (Reuters) - An American ...

MANCHESTER, England, June 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Smartkem (Nasdaq: SMTK), which is seeking to change the world of electronics with a new class of transistor technology, today announced that it has ...

Tokyo, 20 July 2011 Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) (Tokyo, Japan; Koichi Kitazawa, President) today entered into an agreement with Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Seoul, Republic of Korea; ...