- plural of transistor.
transistors
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Tinier processes allow for smaller transistors, meaning more circuitry can be squeezed onto a single sliver of chip to boost computing power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The machines use focused beams of ultraviolet light to etch on wafers of silicon billions of transistors roughly the width of a strand of DNA.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
IBM is embracing so-called nanostacks to push logic scaling beyond traditional nanosheets—by building upward, rather than parallel, to allow more transistors in a given footprint.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
"With our new NanoStack architecture, we're not just making smaller transistors, we're reinventing how chips are built to deliver dramatically more power and energy efficiency," he said.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
It governs the behavior of transistors and integrated circuits, which are the essential components of electronic devices such as televisions and computers, and is also the basis of modern chemistry and biology.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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