Even before Weixiao Huang received his doctorate from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, his new transistor captured the attention of some of the biggest American and Japanese automobile companies. The 2008 graduate's invention could replace one of the most common pieces of technology in the world--the silicon transistor for high-power and high-temperature electronics.
Revolutionary Transistor Invented at Rensselaer By Student
Revolutionary Transistor Invented at Rensselaer By Student
Submitted by bammm on Wed, 05/14/2008 - 08:11.
This breakthrough has two sides to it: the benefits it must bring consumer electronics and the corollary price it can command in the market. I like to believe that new technologies usually command steep prices in their wake; it will plunge if competing products are gradually introduced. Even up to now I'm wondering how GE and RCA made radios from vacuum tubes, the noob that I am.
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