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transistors

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for transistors.

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The 17 Billion transistors on the Pascal GPU are twice the transistors found on the GM200 Maxwell and the Fiji XT GPU core which is literally insane.

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Quick take

(dated, informal) A transistor radio.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of transistors gathered in one view.

noun

(dated, informal) A transistor radio.

noun

(semiconductors) A solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals, which can be used for amplification, switching, voltage stabilization, signal modulation, and many other functions.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for transistors.

noun

(dated, informal) A transistor radio.

noun

(semiconductors) A solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals, which can be used for amplification, switching, voltage stabilization, signal modulation, and many other functions.

Example sentences

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The 17 Billion transistors on the Pascal GPU are twice the transistors found on the GM200 Maxwell and the Fiji XT GPU core which is literally insane.

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What is the difference between silicon and gallium nitride that makes silicon default to off when the circuit is broken and the standard GaN transistors default to on?

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This article's transistors will not likely have a high switching speed, just high enough for switching power converters (100kHZ-few MHZ).

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Maybe the importance of N-type transistors (they are useful just for being more efficient).

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Moore's law isn't about performance, it's the number of transistors on a single IC.

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With radios it has been that moving for tubes to transistors to ICs has upped the minimum tools needed to get anything done.

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Great news, but they didn't say anything about selling transistors to the public.

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Most of the cost/benefit ratio of this card would be probably due to the huge fast memeory, and not the 17 billion transistors.

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How does adding metal layers allow you to increase the number of transistors?

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Yet, that's despite tens of millions to billions of transistors running concurrently.

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Going forward, process transitions are obviously slowing down and IMO victory will go to those who make the best use of the available transistors.

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Large collections of transistors can also seek goals, up to a point.

Quote examples

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If a transistor is on by default, they're called "depletion-mode" transistors--this means that the channel between the two sides of the transistors normally conducts, and via the control voltage, you deplete that channel of carriers.

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"CEI’s GaN transistors have at least one-tenth the resistance of such silicon-based transistors" To be pedantic, silicon-based transistors also have at least one-tenth the resistance of silicon-based transistors.

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Transistors that are off by default are called "enhancement-mode".

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That's what I had thought (and reflected in my brief comment - "transistors within the 1 plane") - it seemed they corrected me, to my surprise.

Proper noun examples

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Transistors and lasers are pretty useful!

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use transistors in a sentence?

The 17 Billion transistors on the Pascal GPU are twice the transistors found on the GM200 Maxwell and the Fiji XT GPU core which is literally insane.

What does transistors mean?

(dated, informal) A transistor radio.

What part of speech is transistors?

transistors is commonly used as noun.