NextBigFuture

SemiQon Cryogenic Transistor Breakthrough for 1,000X Less Heat and Uses 99.9% Less Power

Finnish company Semiqon has developed a transistor that operates with virtually zero heat dissipation. They have made silicon-based quantum processors to make future quantum computers more affordable, ...
SDxCentral

SemiQon raises €17.5m to develop cryo-CMOS technology for quantum computers

Finnish quantum startup SemiQon has raised €17.5 million ($18.3m) to support the development of cryogenic CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) technology. Of the funds raised, €15m ($15.7m) ...
ExtremeTech

Researchers create CMOS-compatible, 30nm programmable graphene transistor

Electronic engineers at Japan's GNC and AIST research centers have successfully created graphene transistors that are constructed and operated in a way that redefines 50 years of transistor ...
Digi Times

North American startup Zinite pursues the real 3D chip with thin-film transistor innovation

Zinite is seeking to shake up the semiconductor industry through innovations in transistor architecture to achieve more chip performance density. Founded by Gem Shoute, Douglas Barlage, and Kenneth ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Simulations of Silicon Spin Qubits Based on a GAAFET (Teikyo U., Riken)

A new technical paper, “Device/circuit simulations of silicon spin qubits based on a gate-all-around transistor,” was ...
HotHardware

FinFET Is Cool But IBM's Chilly Nanosheet Transistor Plays Nice With LN2 At -196C

IBM showed off how well nanosheet transistors hold up using liquid nitrogen, which can get as low as -196 °C, during the IEEE International Electron Device Meeting (IEDM) in San Francisco. According ...
Electronic Design

Dirt Cheap ASIC Design for Dummies (Part 3): NMOS, PMOS Silicon Design Using a Web Browser

Quickly learn what the difference is between PMOS and NMOS transistors in their structure and operation, and how CMOS works with the two in combination. Siliwiz, a free, browser-based, ASIC layout ...