Transistors quiz

What is a transistor?

• A tiny switch that can be turned off and on

• A little robot

• An electrical circuit

• A computer chip

After the first 100x reduction in size, what object does the speaker compare his new height to?

• A single grain of rice

• A human hair

• A single key on a keyboard

• A millimeter droplet of water

According to Moore's Law, how often does the number of transistors on a microchip roughly double?

• Every year

• Every two years

• Every five years

• Every ten years

After shrinking to 200 micrometers tall, how does the speaker's height compare to the thickness of a human hair?

• Half as tall

• About the same height

• About twice as tall

• Ten times taller

What principle describes the dramatic and consistent improvements in semiconductors over time?

• Newton's Law

• Murphy's Law

• Moore's Law

• Ohm's Law

What is the approximate size of the smallest transistors found in modern computers?

• 1 micrometer

• 90 nanometers

• 3 nanometers

• 20 nanometers

What manufacturing process is used to create tiny transistors by projecting light onto atoms?

• 3D Printing

• Photolithography

• Injection Molding

• Chemical Vapor Deposition

If a modern iPhone used the transistor technology from 80 years ago (1948), what would be its approximate size?

• A city block

• Central Park

• The state of New Jersey

• A Toyota Prius