Physics, and transistors in computers

Contemporary Physics

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 647-651

  Keyes, Robert W ^a  

^a IBM RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Computing systems; Transistor

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349560383     PISSN: 00107514     EISSN: 13665812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00107510903236792     Document Type: Article

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