Purdue University

New 'finFET' promising for smaller transistors, more powerful chips

Purdue University researchers are making progress in developing a new type of transistor that uses a finlike structure instead of the conventional flat design, possibly enabling engineers to create ...
Computerworld

TSMC to unveil 20nm chips with FinFET transistors at IEDM

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) may be showing off its vision for the future of chip manufacturing technologies beyond 20 nanometers when it unveils its latest research into FinFET ...
New Atlas

Researchers push miniaturization even further with finFET transistors

Researchers at Purdue University have reported important progress in developing finFETs, a type of transistor that some say will eventually substitute the silicon-based kind because it allows ...
Semiconductor Engineering

What Transistors Will Look Like At 5nm

Chipmakers are currently ramping up 16nm/14nm finFET processes, with 10nm and 7nm just around the corner. The industry also is working on 5nm. TSMC hopes to deliver a 5nm process by 2020.
Electronic Design

FinFET GaN Transistors for 1,200 V and Beyond

Gallium-nitride (GaN) is becoming increasingly attractive in power electronics because the low switching losses of GaN enable high-frequency operation, which reduces the size of passive components ...