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A new speed record has been set for a cheap type of transistor used in cellphones. A team led by Peter Ashburn of the University of Southampton, UK, compressed the central layer of a silicon bipolar junction transistor, letting electrons to flow more freely. The transistor can switch on and off nearly twice as fast as the previous record holder.
