They were the first company to produce silicon transistors -- and consequently the first company to produce a truly consistent mass-produced transistor. Scientists knew about the problems with ...

In the beginning, there was the point-contact transistor. This was the very first transistor ever made, built by Walter Brattain with the help of John Bardeen. It was made of two gold foil ...

about six years after Texas Instruments and Regency introduced the first transistor radio. Unlike traditional vacuum-tube televisions, which were bulky, fragile, and power-hungry, the TV8-301 was ...

Now, SemiQon, a Finland-based company focused on quantum computing hardware, has announced the development of what it describes as the first CMOS transistor fully optimized for cryogenic conditions.

Infineon Technologies AG has introduced what it claims is the world’s first gallium nitride (GaN) power transistor with an integrated Schottky diode.