Why transistors stopped being flat — Dwarkesh explains the shift to 3D
Dwarkesh Patel · youtube · 2026-10-24
A short video from Dwarkesh Patel's channel explaining why transistors moved from planar designs to 3D structures like FinFETs and gate-all-around, which give the gate tighter control over the channel and keep scaling alive.
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