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MIT demonstrates magnetic transistor with 10x stronger switching and built-in memory

MIT engineers built a magnetic transistor from chromium sulfur bromide, promising smaller, faster electronics with built-in ...
Science Daily

Black phosphorus tunnel field-effect transistor as an alternative ultra-low power switch?

Researchers have reported a black phosphorus transistor that can be used as an alternative ultra-low power switch. A research team developed a thickness-controlled black phosphorous tunnel ...
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, ...
EDN

Unusual 2N3904 transistor circuit

A Planet Analog article, “ 2N3904: Why use a 60-year-old transistor? ” by Bill Schweber, inspired some interest in this old ...
Ars Technica

Electronics people: simple drive spin-up transistor switch, with ~0.5s timer

OK, so I have an old project laptop with an IDE/PATA/slim-ATAPI optical drive bay, into which I have inserted a SATA drive caddy with a bridge board. The thing is, the caddy doesn't transfer the drive ...