Quantum Tech Hits Its “Transistor Moment,” Scientists Say

A new article examines the history of computing to help outline the direction of quantum research. It reports that quantum ...
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Quantum technologies have reached a critical stage in their growth

Quantum information science is no longer confined to chalkboards and controlled laboratory tests. You now see working quantum ...
PBS

Lesson 1

Bell Laboratories, one of the world’s largest industrial laboratories and now part of Lucent Technologies, was originally the research and development arm of the giant telephone company American ...
Nanowerk

Researchers find that a 'design limitation' in transistors actually improves performance

What many engineers once saw as a flaw in organic electronics could actually make these devices more stable and reliable, ...
Nanowerk

Scientists create novel, ultrathin material to make transistors

Researchers built a four-atom-thick transistor combining an atomically thin semiconductor and molecular crystal. It uses ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Research Bits: Dec. 16

While previous p-bit proposals included an analog component and DAC, the new research offers an all-digital p-bit design. “The reliance on analog signals was holding back progress,” said Shunsuke ...
Physics World

New optical transistor uses quasiparticle condensate to switch rapidly

Fast switching: the Hybrid Photonics Labs at Skoltech where the new optical transistor was created. (Courtesy: Skoltech) A new optical transistor has been designed by researchers in Russia, ...
ExtremeTech

What Is a Transistor, and How Does It Work?

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