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Semiconductors & Chipmaking · Recorded milestone

3D FinFET transistor

Recorded year2011

Intel's tri-gate transistors stand upright to keep Moore's law going below 30 nm.

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Built on

Electron microscopeRecorded · 1931requires
Stored-program computerRecorded · 1948requires
Integrated circuitRecorded · 1958requires
MOSFETRecorded · 1959enables
LaserRecorded · 1960requires
Computer-aided designRecorded · 1963requires
High-k metal gate transistorsRecorded · 2007enables

Led to

AI accelerator chipsRecorded · 2016enables
Gate-all-around transistorsRecorded · 2022enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.