The Incredible Shrinking Transistor
Article Abstract:
Twenty years ago some engineers felt that transistor devices would not get any smaller, but the fact is that electronic devices have continued to shrink. This size decrease has resulted in lower costs, meaning smaller profits; and greater complexity, meaning less serviceability. Other reasons for halting the decrease in transistor size are esthetic considerations, decrease in need of electrical engineers, and the questionable surety that the tiny transistors actually exist.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 1984
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
The Information Age
Article Abstract:
As advertisers tout the coming information age, average people wonder what they will do with the millions of bits of information due them. If a human can only handle about 150 bits a second of input, the onslaught of the information age may greatly tax that human's processing abilities. Memory capabilities alone might be inadequate for the approaching ideal of universal data access.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 1984
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
A (Very Modern) Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Article Abstract:
A fantasy is described of a modern electrical engineer traveling back in time to King Arthur's court. It would be difficult for such an engineer to use his knowledge to produce anything because of the specificity of his talents. A task like the manufacturing of a personal computer would be impossible.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 1984
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
- Abstracts: The incredible shrinking transistor. Happy birthday, Fairchild
- Abstracts: Guidelines for selecting a dial indicator. Homemade gage gets molding process under control. Get inside your indicator needs
- Abstracts: Toxics and combustibles: designing gas-detection systems. Industry volunteers toxicity data. Pilot plants get on the fast track
- Abstracts: Trap keeps production lines operating longer. Pneumatic conveying system is air-operated. Drive offers easy installation and fast start-up
- Abstracts: Through the Looking Glass. Saving the Best