Nanowerk

New germanium-tin transistor as alternative to silicon

(Nanowerk News) Over the past 70 years, the number of transistors on a chip has doubled approximately every two years – according to Moore’s Law, which is still valid today. The circuits have become ...
Nanowerk

Toward tinier transistors with germanium

(Nanowerk News) The foundation of many, many modern electronic devices – including computers, smart phones, and televisions – is the silicon transistor. However, the shrinking of consumer electronics ...
NextBigFuture

High-performance transistors based on silicon–germanium nanowires

A new type of nanowire that can be fabricated using conventional manufacturing techniques has been reported by researchers from the A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics and the Institute of Materials ...
Science Daily

Germanium outperforms silicon in energy efficient transistors with n- und p- conduction

An important breakthrough has been reached in the development of energy-efficient electronic circuits using transistors based on germanium. A team of scientists from the Nanoelectronic Materials ...