Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tri-gate transistor


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.  

The result was merge/redirect. W.marsh 19:44, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Tri-gate transistor
Fairly non-notable research that has seen little to no use so far. Not fundamentally different from a typical FET. This at best merits a sentence in the FET article. mattb
 * Delete, WP:NOT a crystal ball. I notice that the article's creator marked the creation as minor and has no other edits.–♥ «Charles A. L.» 01:10, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect to Field effect transistor. Gazpacho 01:23, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
 *  Keep Merge and redirect, the tri-gate transistor is a very real technology, and is said to be featured in upcoming 45nm based processors. The article was actually moved from some other place, hence the minor. It originally contained the article that was in . I was planning on doing a rewrite/expansion, but it seems someone marked it for deletion before I could do so. Danorux 01:26, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment, Intel has successfully demonstrated hybrid InP-CMOS lasers, but we don't have an article on it. There's a notability line to be drawn, and this one falls way into the realm of "interesting research".  If it ends up seeing major usage, maybe it will merit an article in a year or so.  The fact is, 3D FET designs have been around for awhile, and this particular design was suggested around 5 years ago and demonstrated at least 3 years ago.  However, it's still very much a developing device design and therefore, I think, fails to merit an encyclopedia article.  I mean, I could pick one of a several interesting semiconductor research topics that I personally work on and write an article, but since they are all highly experimental and in their early stages of development, there isn't much to say that is appropriate for an encyclopedia rather than a formal research results publication.  Again, we are still talking about a plain 'ol MOSFET, nothing else.  The (MOS)FET article perhaps should have a line or two about modern experimental structures, but the device still operates on the same principles that all other FETs do, and therefore probably doesn't deserve its own article. -- mattb
 * Comment, in that case, I change my bid to merge + redirect. I should've marked the original article as a copyright violation instead... Danorux 02:00, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge+Redirect or Delete per above. Hello32020 01:34, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge and Redirect per above --Mysmartmouth 02:47, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
 * At most this is a merge and of course redirect. Dunno why it was listed for deletion. it's perfectly verifiable. --Tony Sidaway 05:20, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect To Field effect transistor per above. Michael Billington (talk • contribs) 12:09, 28 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep the information in Wikipedia. Either Keep or Merge to an appropriate article. Fg2 00:56, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect: shouldn't be deleted before sentence is included in FET article. This article can exist when the technology makes it encyclopedic, rather than prophecy --Storkk 23:16, 3 October 2006 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.