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December 2022 Issue

SemiconductorsDecember 2022MagazineThe Transistor at 75FeatureSpecial Reports

The Transistor at 75

The past, present, and future of the modern world’s most important invention

2 min read
Features
In-depth articles from top experts, Spectrum editors, and contributors
SemiconductorsDecember 2022MagazineThe Transistor at 75FeatureHistory of TechnologySpecial Reports

The Ultimate Transistor Timeline

The transistor’s amazing evolution from point contacts to quantum tunnels

2 min read
SemiconductorsDecember 2022MagazineThe Transistor at 75FeatureSpecial Reports

The State of the Transistor in 3 Charts

In 75 years, it’s become tiny, mighty, ubiquitous, and just plain weird

4 min read
SemiconductorsDecember 2022MagazineThe Transistor at 75FeatureSpecial Reports

The Transistor of 2047: Expert Predictions

What will the device be like on its 100th anniversary?

5 min read
SemiconductorsDecember 2022MagazineThe Transistor at 75FeatureSpecial Reports

How the First Transistor Worked

Even its inventors didn’t fully understand the point-contact transistor

12 min read
BiomedicalDecember 2022MagazineBionics in the 2020sFeatureSpectrum Collections

Are You Ready for Workplace Brain Scanning?

Extracting and using brain data will make workers happier and more productive, backers say

11 min read
ComputingDecember 2022MagazineFeature

Why Functional Programming Should Be the Future of Software Development

It’s hard to learn, but your code will produce fewer nasty surprises

11 min read
SemiconductorsDecember 2022MagazineThe Transistor at 75FeatureSpecial Reports

3D-Stacked CMOS Takes Moore’s Law to New Heights

When transistors can’t get any smaller, the only direction is up

9 min read
News
Insight and analysis on the latest advances in technology
TelecommunicationsDecember 2022MagazineNews

How 5G’s Rollout Rattled Hundreds of Pilots

Complaints about altimeter failures jumped after consumer C-band deployment

5 min read
Artificial IntelligenceDecember 2022MagazineComputingNews

AI Language Models Are Struggling to “Get” Math

Should this be telling us something?

4 min read
EnergyDecember 2022NewsMagazine

Geothermal May Beat Batteries for Energy Storage

Enhanced geothermal systems are well suited to store excess renewable power as heat

3 min read
Artificial IntelligenceDecember 2022MagazineComputingNews

Machine Learning Shaking Up Hard Sciences, Too

Heard of graph neural networks? Particle physicists have

4 min read
Artificial IntelligenceDecember 2022MagazineComputingNews

Posits, a New Kind of Number, Improves the Math of AI

The first posit-based processor core gave a ten-thousandfold accuracy boost

4 min read
BiomedicalDecember 2022MagazineNewsJournal Watch

Monitoring a Pregnancy at Home With a Smartphone

This wearable device provides real-time ECG monitoring of a fetus

3 min read
EnergyDecember 2022MagazineThe Big Picture

Delving for Joules in the Fusion Mines

The Joint European Torus, a precursor to ITER, Blasts Toward a Fusion Future

3 min read
Opinion
Spectrum editors and columnists comment on major tech trends
SemiconductorsDecember 2022MagazineHistory of TechnologyOpinion

The Device That Changed Everything

Transistors are civilization’s invisible infrastructure

3 min read
EnergyDecember 2022MagazineOpinion

Waiting for Superbatteries

They are still a long way from matching the energy density of liquid fuel

3 min read
Departments
Articles on DIY projects, engineering careers, and tech history
History of TechnologyDecember 2022MagazineThe Transistor at 75ArticlePast ForwardSemiconductorsSpecial Reports

John Bardeen’s Terrific Transistorized Music Box

This simple gadget showed off the magic of the first transistor

5 min read
DIYDecember 2022Hands OnMagazine

Hi-fi, Radio, and Retro: The DIY Projects Spectrum Readers Love

They also really like Lego and hacking pretty much everything

2 min read
CareersDecember 2022MagazineNews

Inflation-Adjusted Income for U.S. Engineers Drops

Insights from IEEE-USA’s annual salary survey, in six charts

2 min read
The Institute
The latest news about IEEE, its members, and new offerings
The InstituteDecember 2022IEEE Member NewsMagazineArticle

IEEE President’s Note: Looking to 2050 and Beyond

The importance of future-proofing IEEE

4 min read
The InstituteDecember 2022MagazineArticle

Celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Transistor With IEEE

The Electron Devices Society is presenting webinars and other events

3 min read
The InstituteDecember 2022MagazineNews

Sophia Muirhead Is IEEE’s Next Executive Director

She is the organization’s current general counsel

1 min read
The InstituteDecember 2022MagazineNews

Thomas M. Coughlin Is 2023 IEEE President-Elect

The Life Fellow is a former IEEE-USA president and Region 6 director

2 min read
The InstituteDecember 2022IEEE Member NewsMagazineCareersProfile

Stephen Welby: A Man on a Mission

The departing executive director steered IEEE through a pandemic and open access publishing

6 min read
The InstituteDecember 2022IEEE Member NewsMagazineIEEE HistoryHistory of TechnologyNews

Take a Trip Through Switzerland’s Museum of Consumer Electronics

IEEE members get free admission and can help curate exhibits

4 min read
The InstituteDecember 2022IEEE Member NewsMagazineArticleCareers

A New One-Stop Resource for IEEE Life Members

The website includes volunteer opportunities and continuing education materials

2 min read
The InstituteDecember 2022Artificial IntelligenceMagazineWorld Standards DaySpectrum CollectionsNews

Is AI Good for Health Care?

Industry experts weigh in on inequities and predictive analytics in a new podcast

3 min read
The InstituteDecember 2022IEEE Member NewsMagazineCareersProfile

Turing Award Winner On His Pioneering Algorithms

His software libraries spurred the growth of high-performance computing

5 min read
The InstituteDecember 2022MagazineEnergyNews

A Guide to the 2023 National Electrical Safety Code

Updates cover how to incorporate 5G and other technologies

3 min read

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