transistors

Fans of New Chip-Making Style Hope to Step Out Soon

Don Clark, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 10, 2011 at 10:00 am PT

Manufacturers keep shrinking transistors and other tiny components on computer chips, to the point that some materials and processing techniques used for decades are no longer sufficient. Backers of one new approach believe they are positioned to make a difference.

From Snowmobiles to Cellphones, a Scramble for Parts

Dana Mattioli, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on August 6, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

Companies are reconfiguring products and paying up to stockpile parts, as persistent supply shortages in the electronics industry continued to curb sales in the second quarter.

H-P Sees Second Future for Novel Breed of Circuitry

Don Clark, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 8, 2010 at 4:29 am PT

Stan Williams is one of Hewlett-Packard’s most oft-quoted scientists, dreaming up electronic devices that are almost too small to imagine. He and his colleagues are discussing another feat of micro-magic on Thursday, this time concerning a novel piece of circuitry dubbed a memristor.