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 ...

As with many inventions, two people had the idea for an integrated circuit at almost the same time. Transistors had become commonplace in everything from radios to phones to computers, and now ...

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As Moore’s law turns 50, what does the future hold for the transistor? The future of Moore's law is uncertain, but there's still plenty of great tech on the horizon.

Last time on Circuit VR, we looked at creating a very simple common emitter amplifier, but we didn’t talk about how to select the capacitor values, or much about why we wanted them. We are go… ...

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A major breakthrough came in 1958, when Texas Instruments engineer Jack Kilby demonstrated the first integrated circuit (IC). Instead of wiring individual transistors together one by one, Kilby ...