Transistors
Coverage of Transistors in the Nexus archive.
- IBM unveils chip technology with nearly 100 billion transistors
IBM has introduced a new 0.7 nanometer chip technology that vertically stacks transistors in two layers, achieving nearly double the transistor density of its 2021 design. The technology features approximately 100 billion transistors.
- Record-breaking IBM chip uses trick to cram in 100 billion transistors
IBM's latest chip breaks records by incorporating 100 billion transistors, doubling the transistor count of current state-of-the-art chips through the use of a second layer of silicon circuitry.
- 25 things that had to be true for the smartphone to exist
The smartphone's existence required centuries of breakthroughs in physics, chemistry, manufacturing, and global trade converging at the right moment. Key components like transistors and touchscreens were essential to its development.
- Is Huawei’s new chip scaling law a true breakthrough, or mere hype?
Huawei Technologies proposes shifting semiconductor progress from focusing on transistor size to data movement speed, driven by US tech export restrictions. The article questions whether this approach is a true breakthrough or mere hype.
- Transistors on a roll: 3D circuits built from stacks of flexible membranes
Researchers have developed 3D circuits by stacking transistors made from flexible nanomembranes that can be rolled onto a substrate. This innovation, published in Nature on May 27, 2026, introduces a new method for fabricating advanced electronic systems.