transistors

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Modern transistors work by switching a semiconductor between conductive and nonconductive states.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

Probably the smallest things Mr. Payne observed being made were transistors, the itty-bitty devices that seem to control the world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

The Bazar, which opened in 1966, embodied every aspect of a socialist enterprise: from subsidized sugar and palm oil to fresh vegetables, wrist watches, stationery, construction materials, transistors and eventually even computers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

The company designs and manufactures ion implantation equipment that is critical in creating transistors on chips.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 28, 2026

Couples were drinking and whispering on the grass, and the transistors were turned down.

From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte