Computer auxiliary memory promoses speedier circuits using less power.A silicon-on-sapphire technique, being used by RCA See RCA connector and video/TV history. in experimental circuits for computers, represents a relatively new approach in the computer industry. It makes possible production of large arrays of silicon field-effect transistors field-effect transistor: see transistor. which are electrically isolated from each other on an insulated in·su·late tr.v. in·su·lat·ed, in·su·lat·ing, in·su·lates 1. To cause to be in a detached or isolated position. See Synonyms at isolate. 2. sapphire base. As a result, circuits are realized that are faster and consume less power than those so far produced by any other approach. Integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. that store computer data in the form of electrical voltages presage memory devices that will be able to store data at the rate of 20 million words per second. This "scratch-pad" memory, so called because it does for a computer what a scratch-pad does for a person working with figures, could run on flashlight batteries. |
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