On Oct. 3, 1950, three scientists at Bell Labs in New Jersey received a U.S. patent for what would become one of the most important inventions of the 20th century — the transistor. John Bardeen, ...

For half a century, computing advanced in a reassuring, predictable way. Transistors—devices used to switch electrical ...

From computers to smartphones, from smart appliances to the internet itself, the technology we use every day only exists ...

Quantum technology has reached a turning point, echoing the early days of modern computing. Researchers say functional ...

Bill Gates is backing a bold bet that the next leap in computing power will not come from squeezing more transistors onto ...

Gates-backed silicon photonics startup unveils optical transistors 10,000× smaller and chips with 1,000× squared matrix ...

What if ultrafast pulses of light could operate computers at speeds a million times faster than today's best processors? A team of scientists, including researchers from the University of Arizona, are ...