Comments by "TheEvertw" (@TheEvertw) on "MOSFET – The Most significant invention of the 20th Century" video.

Going to the moon was a walk in the park compared to the epic journey made by the semicon industry. And it ain't finished yet!
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@metalbob3335 Just don't let out the magic smoke!
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The imminent end of Moore's law has been predicted since at least the eighties. Yet companies like ASML have treated that Law as Gospel for decades.
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That is because, like valves, MOSFETS are tranducers that control current by gate voltage. Unlike BJT''s where current is controlled by current. Also, BJT's have limited power amplification, but MOSFETS do not as the power they consume at the input is essentially zero.
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It is a wonderful world!
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11:04 - "Capacitively charged" No, the charging of the floating gate is a quantum-mechanical effect. It is called "Quantum Tunneling". Traditional science can not explain how charge can "appear" in these isolated gates, because they are, in fact, isolated.
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@RobinTheBot Up to a point. Smart phones are so complex that no single human being can understand every essential detail. But certainly most people can get an overview of how they really work. I, or for instance Curious Droid, could explain a lot in half an hour.
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