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Definition of transistor
1 : a solid-state electronic device that is used to control the flow of electricity in electronic equipment and usually consists of a small block of a semiconductor (such as germanium) with at least three electrodes
2 : a transistorized radio
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A single Ryzen chip the size of a nickel has five million transistors, laid out across 100 different layers.
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Most computers work by using a series of transistors, gates that allow electricity to pass or not pass.
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The 16nm CPU features seven billion transistors with a 384-bit wide memory bus.
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In 1965, Intel’s Gordon Moore predicted that the number of transistors that could be crammed into the same-sized chip would double every 18 months.
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John Dankosky remembers listening to Pittsburgh Pirates baseball games through the earplug attached to his blue transistor radio late at night in his boyhood bedroom.
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Most of today's high-end chips sport 10 nanometer transistors.
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Transistors are doing it for themselves Those advances are giving businesses new ways to deal with their big data problems -- but creating the necessary technology is, to some extent, a big data problem itself.
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And these shelves were loaded with bins full of electronic components: resistors, capacitors, transistors, coils, diodes, and lots of other itty bitty things.
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Origin and Etymology of transistor
1transfer + resistor; from its transferring an electrical signal across a resistor
TRANSISTOR Defined for English Language Learners
transistor
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: a small device that is used to control the flow of electricity in radios, computers, etc.
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: a small solid electronic device used for controlling the flow of electricity
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transistor
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: a solid-state electronic device that is used to control the flow of electricity in electronic equipment and consists of a small block of a semiconductor (as germanium) with at least three electrodes
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