diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1377554 --- /dev/null +++ b/.gitignore @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +*.swp diff --git a/Electronic_Computing b/Electronic_Computing new file mode 100644 index 0000000..aed0ab2 --- /dev/null +++ b/Electronic_Computing @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ +机械继电器 + + ----- \------------------ + | + ----------- + | +CONTROL WIRE→ | + | + +Unfortunately,the mechanical arm inside of a relay has mass,and therefore can't +move instantly between opened and close states. + +A good relay in the 1940's might be able to flick back and forth fifty times in a second. + + + + + +真空管(could switch thousands of times per second) + + + + + +晶体管 + +Today, computers use transistors that are smaller than 50 nanometers in size - for reference, +a sheet of paper is roughly 100,000 nanometers thick. + +They're not only incredibly small, they're super fast - they can switch states millions of times +per second, and can run for decades. + + + + + | + | + / + | / ↖ ELECTRODE + |/ + | ← SEMICONDUCTOR (sometimes can conduct electricity, and other time resist it) +------------------| + ↑ |\ + CONTROL WIRE | \ + \ ↙ ELECTRODE + | + | + + + + + | + | + / + | / + |/ + | ← "GATE" ELECTRODE +------------------| + ↑ |\ + | \ + \ + | + |