Forward-looking: Semiconductors are essential for today's electronics, providing computational capabilities and the ability to control electric signals. They are also highly complex and costly, so ...

Active electronics — components that can control electrical signals — usually contain semiconductor devices that receive, store, and process information. These components, which must be made in a ...

Before we plunge headfirst into the fray with gusto and abandon (and aplomb, of course), let’s remind and reassure ourselves that—although the following discussions focus on the devices and ...

Toshiba has put single logic gates into the 1 x 1.45mm XSON6 package, in two series with differing input characteristics. 12 of them are in the 7UL1G series, which operate across 0.9 to 3.6V and have ...

I fear the topic of this column is poised to unleash a tsunami of controversy. My engineering accomplice Joe Farr says that this is one of those topics that, when presented to 10 different engineers, ...

A single logic gate can only do one simple function. To create more complex decisions and control systems, such as how a robot moves or how a microwave starts when the door is closed and a timer is ...