How transistors work - Gokul J. Krishnan

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  • Опубліковано 5 чер 2016
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    Modern computers are revolutionizing our lives, performing tasks unimaginable only decades ago. This was made possible by a long series of innovations, but there’s one foundational invention that almost everything else relies upon: the transistor. Gokul J. Krishnan describes what a transistor is and how this small device enables all the amazing things computers can do.
    Lesson by Gokul J. Krishna, animation by Augenblick Studios.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 671

  • @mohammedsami7080
    @mohammedsami7080 8 років тому +1281

    this showed what i studied in a year in three minutse

    • @DarkPrject
      @DarkPrject 8 років тому +50

      A year? At school? In university we covered that in the first month.

    • @christianweibrecht6555
      @christianweibrecht6555 8 років тому +26

      during freshman year this topic was so annoying

    • @mohammedsami7080
      @mohammedsami7080 8 років тому +23

      +DarkPrject i cant say it ...in university (whispering)
      because they tell us alot of nothing good like equations and how they are made ,material etc....they go deep in the unneeded

    • @drones202seppala8
      @drones202seppala8 8 років тому +1

      +DarkPrject i think he was joking :/

    • @DarkPrject
      @DarkPrject 8 років тому +1

      Mohammed Sami Yeah we went there too, but we just scratched the surface of materials and exactly how to build which logic gate. my condolences that you had to sit through more than three hours of those two topics in particular.

  • @blesyl67
    @blesyl67 6 років тому +55

    As a person who is currently studying Analogue Electronic and Digital Electronics , your animation and information on how Transistors work is 10x better than what my college teaches us . Hope you could expand more into this topic !

  • @BangMaster96
    @BangMaster96 6 років тому +346

    It's sad to see that an Engineer who builds these amazing technology makes less money than the Kardashians

  • @Toyeboy89
    @Toyeboy89 6 років тому +92

    The most important thing i learned from this video is some transistors are friendly and wave to you when viewed under a microscope.

  • @ianalrahwan8418
    @ianalrahwan8418 8 років тому +29

    Every person living in the modern era deserves to watch this explanation. Well done!

  • @TheGamerzXChannel
    @TheGamerzXChannel 8 років тому +47

    For the love of god do not stop with the technology videos!

  • @DanielParkerStopMotion
    @DanielParkerStopMotion 8 років тому +349

    Can't get over the penguin at 2:27

  • @Baphas
    @Baphas 8 років тому +39

    Holy cow, amazing!! This system is so complex and interconnected. How did people even begin to think up a system like this? It's all so beyond me!

    • @Therador
      @Therador 8 років тому +21

      Little by little. It's not that complicated if you think that everything that is super complex is in fact just simple operations. A TON of them but still just simple operations.
      From the bottom up, layers upon layers are built, hiding the complexity of the hardware or the software below and providing more and more powerful instructions.

  • @JohnDoe-hr8gb
    @JohnDoe-hr8gb 8 років тому +200

    I feel like I get it but I know I don't

    • @ValleyOfWinds
      @ValleyOfWinds 8 років тому +15

      I'm on the same boat. The video was literally in like another language.

    • @twinkiesmaster69
      @twinkiesmaster69 7 років тому +1

      Myrrh
      same here

    • @AAZinvicto
      @AAZinvicto 7 років тому +8

      Watch Crash Course Computer Science's first few videos, they explains transistors and logical circuits in more detail

    • @wint3rxxx
      @wint3rxxx 4 роки тому

      Me too

    • @ohtych1004
      @ohtych1004 4 роки тому

      You should watch crash course computer science. It’s mainly for kids but still...

  • @abirdconcernedforhumankind2345
    @abirdconcernedforhumankind2345 8 років тому +111

    That was awesome.. I never fully understood computers, mostly because people just say its just switches and never went into detail.

    • @viktoriparez
      @viktoriparez 8 років тому +2

      Check out this awesome video about CPU if you are interested in this topic /watch?v=cNN_tTXABUA

    • @narutokunn
      @narutokunn 8 років тому +1

      Are you interested? I a few days ago came across a great series of videos (its quite long) which explains how these things internally work and it is just brilliant, better than anything I've ever watched related to the topic.

    • @joel13598
      @joel13598 8 років тому

      +Chitraansh Popli. Bring it on

    • @ichbinein123
      @ichbinein123 8 років тому +1

      This video didn't go into any detail on how any of the logic operations work. The example they used with the adder and subtractor circuit didn't even tell what gates and their purpose was.
      In the Adder circuit, for example, it makes SO much more sense if you know what an AND and XOR gate is, and what transistor circuit it is made of. Then you can truly see the beauty and simplicity that computers are comprised of.

    • @narutokunn
      @narutokunn 8 років тому

      +joel13598 and you might want to set the speed of the video to 1.25 or 1.5 :p

  • @lladerat
    @lladerat 8 років тому +317

    This is really interesting. Ted-Ed, can you make a video on how computers generate random numbers? A lot of software and games use random number generators nowadays. Are those numbers REALLY random? And if not, is there a way for a computer to generate TRULY random numbers? (without using internal clocks.)

    • @TheSunriseAnimation
      @TheSunriseAnimation 8 років тому +8

      every second would be much too slow, its more often, but jeha thats what they do. if you want it more random use something that can detect cosmic noise, this is unpredictable for us at the moment and i think it will be for very long time...

    • @spooksboots
      @spooksboots 8 років тому +93

      no, they're not. Computers are deterministic (they will always give the same results for an identical set of inputs), which is why the clock is commonly used as a seed to generate pseudorandom numbers, but it's still deterministic. There have been several approaches to generate 'truly' random numbers using atmospherical and thermal noise observed from earth, but that's the thing, you would need something external to the computer to create 'randomness'.
      That has always made me think: the world operates by physic laws, for every action there is a reaction and it can be explained with mathematics, so, in a way, there is no randomness in the universe. If you, hypothetically, were able to take in account ALL of the world's 'variables', and knew ALL of the laws of physics (if that is even possible), you could in fact predict the future, it seems. That speaks in favor of a 'destiny', everything that happens is the only thing that could happen. Just a thought.

    • @lladerat
      @lladerat 8 років тому +7

      +Robin Maurya there is a way to generate truly random numbers using radioactive decay, but obviously you cant use it in typical PC, but maybe there is a new clever way of doint it that we dont know.

    • @kinpatu
      @kinpatu 8 років тому +19

      Quantum effects are random. A quantum computer is the only machine that can generate a 'truly random' bit stream. Having said that, pseudorandom generators can suffice for all practical applications.

    • @TehFreek
      @TehFreek 8 років тому +4

      +Stefano Del Vecchio en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laplace's_demon

  • @commentcommenter4198
    @commentcommenter4198 7 років тому +13

    4:53 a computer using a calculator. ASTONISHING!

  • @AakashKalaria
    @AakashKalaria 8 років тому +115

    "what a time to be alive"

    • @132o4_
      @132o4_ 6 років тому

      Especially when you have this video,yes

  • @user-ci2lg1lw5b
    @user-ci2lg1lw5b 3 роки тому +5

    트랜지스터의 쓰임과 트랜지스터가의 원리, 또 트랜지스터가 만들어지기까지의 트랜지스터의 발전에 대하여 배워보는 의미있는 시간이 되었습니다. 감사합니다. 언제나 응원합니다.

  • @roidroid
    @roidroid 8 років тому +4

    I've had transistors explained to me so many times but i could never quite understand, which is embarrassing because i've been working with electronics for years.
    Your explanation of vacuum tubes tho, with the grid, finally made it all make sense. I'd never known how vacuum tubes worked before. It was the missing link, now i finally get it!
    Thankyou so much.

  • @DekuStickGamer
    @DekuStickGamer 8 років тому +22

    This was beautifully explained. Thank you.

  • @jean-marcbelliveau1830
    @jean-marcbelliveau1830 8 років тому +21

    Amazing how intelligent we are.

    • @Tan3l6
      @Tan3l6 8 років тому +7

      Amazing how I get to grasp an idea, yet have no idea how would it be implemented ... I mean some people do miracles.

    • @jeromeeuler168
      @jeromeeuler168 8 років тому +1

      Yeah,I know right and plenty of still beat up our self with
      words saying that we are not good enough,not smart enough
      and that we will never be this and that but look at insects or
      observe them (maybe ants)they join together to float in water and Use fungi
      to help them break down food and have the ability to carryout incredible
      incredible function like sight and they even make incredible decisions
      and ones which are logical and that also say plenty about us we are
      amazing look at the development of StEm for instance what we humans
      has done is Incredible and we are all special.And everything we try
      to understand have a simple way of being understood why because
      our brains we say that this is hard and so on and that we are
      not intelligent enough are say we will never be the next einstein or
      terence tao but when say that we are only lying to our self because
      we have plenty of potential but waste it.

    • @inlovewithi
      @inlovewithi 8 років тому +8

      Actually look how intelligent very few people are, and how dumb the rest are. They use the technology, but in the main would never even consider how they work.

    • @jean-marcbelliveau1830
      @jean-marcbelliveau1830 8 років тому +2

      ***** But really the people who invented all of these amazing things aren't that different than everybody else. They just used their time and energy towards different goals.

    • @otocan
      @otocan 8 років тому

      Speak for yourself!

  • @congbinh75
    @congbinh75 4 роки тому +1

    The most easy-to-understand video about transistor I found on UA-cam

  • @JA17SBLVIIIMVP
    @JA17SBLVIIIMVP 2 роки тому +2

    This video is so beautiful that I almost cried. Thank you and bless your heart.

  • @rami1207
    @rami1207 4 роки тому +1

    Please make more about this topic, I'm now more hooked into learning the basics of working machines: namely computers.

  • @sweiland75
    @sweiland75 4 роки тому +1

    This was far more thorough than I expected. Well done.

  • @manuell.5696
    @manuell.5696 6 років тому +3

    PLEASE MAKE MORE VIDEOS LIKE THIS , about computers , networking, storage , etc. You guys are awesome!!!!!

  • @theallergicmango3516
    @theallergicmango3516 7 років тому

    This was awesome. I want to thank the animator for the wonderful graphics and animation

  • @thefunnybuddy4138
    @thefunnybuddy4138 7 років тому +233

    What makes computers tick?
    Broken components. You shouldn't be hearing ticks from your computer.

  • @amitbaghel9584
    @amitbaghel9584 3 роки тому

    I could not have even imagined that such an amazing videos can exist.

  • @taroseushi5001
    @taroseushi5001 8 років тому

    I remember discussing the old names and uses old computers in 3rd grade, takes me back so much

  • @unit12k16
    @unit12k16 5 років тому +2

    Wow! Computers have become so advanced. It's amazing what people have developed.

  • @MrsKatieHoran
    @MrsKatieHoran 8 років тому +3

    this is why i find computing so fascinating

  • @JethroMahon
    @JethroMahon 8 років тому +1

    This was the first video iv'e seen that actually explains how computers work from the ground up and in a way I can actually understand.
    most videos skip alot of the important detail that you included.

  • @tommyshelby1125
    @tommyshelby1125 6 років тому

    You've done a great job. I'd been looking for this precious video thanks for giving us.

  • @b00gi3
    @b00gi3 8 років тому

    This was a fantastic presentation. Thank you so much for creating it !

  • @Kadulikan
    @Kadulikan 8 років тому +280

    Why do we call computer glitches "bugs?"
    Back when computers used those vacuums, bugs would get sucked into them and they would stop working. Literally a bug.

    • @clarianken4223
      @clarianken4223 8 років тому +11

      i thiink it is where they coined the term

    • @GAMEOVER-yy6zj
      @GAMEOVER-yy6zj 8 років тому +11

      thanks for letting me know

    • @beayn
      @beayn 8 років тому +82

      Bugs got stuck in relays, not vacuum tubes though. It wouldn't be much of a vacuum tube if a bug could get into it.

    • @ibrahimssen
      @ibrahimssen 5 років тому +16

      According to this article, both of you wrong: curiosity.com/topics/why-do-we-call-computer-glitches-bugs-curiosity/
      It comes from Edison's personal notes about his work.

    • @timmytim9054
      @timmytim9054 5 років тому +6

      Because bugs are annoying

  • @hokoul8832
    @hokoul8832 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you very much TED from morocco(المغرب) 👍

  • @FirstLast-ws7zw
    @FirstLast-ws7zw 8 років тому

    Possibly the best video I have seen on youtube.

  • @mzakeee
    @mzakeee 5 років тому +1

    Thanks a lot for explaining.

  • @rafaelgpontes
    @rafaelgpontes 6 років тому

    Great simplified video.

  • @TheDBest1994
    @TheDBest1994 8 років тому +4

    I like how the transistors are moving characters from the system. I guess you could compare it that way.

  • @thisisadiman
    @thisisadiman 8 років тому +2

    I've never seen so concise and comprehensive lesson. Loved it. Keep this work up!

  • @lifeline8906
    @lifeline8906 3 роки тому

    This video covers everything in a perfect way. Nice work 😊

  • @jonathanhughman154
    @jonathanhughman154 Рік тому

    Videos like these give you a very very very vague understanding.

  • @hellodavey1902
    @hellodavey1902 Рік тому

    Really help to gel a few learning points. Thanks

  • @stalker323232
    @stalker323232 8 років тому +21

    The transistors used in microchips are not bipolar transistors (with emitter, base and collector) but field effect transistors, which work somewhat differently.
    /nitpicking off

    • @davidflores909
      @davidflores909 8 років тому +1

      like=true;

    • @RexGalilae
      @RexGalilae 8 років тому +1

      Hehe. True. For FETs, watch the Veritasium video on the same topic. The fundamentals are mostly the same but instead of a base being directly connected, it's just inducing a field.

    • @DigGil3
      @DigGil3 8 років тому

      Actually, most, nowadays, are FETs. :P

  • @derpega5716
    @derpega5716 4 роки тому +38

    Hi I like the video
    Where can I found out more about 1:15 ? Thank you

  • @TheSunriseAnimation
    @TheSunriseAnimation 8 років тому

    even though i had known nearly everything it was very interesting to watch, thanks for the amazing video!

  • @Cygnus0lor
    @Cygnus0lor Рік тому

    Magnificent explanation. Thank you.

  • @chiupaulpaul
    @chiupaulpaul 8 років тому

    I wish this video was made an year ago. It would've helped me understand everything so much more clear than my prof.

  • @Ziggurat1
    @Ziggurat1 8 років тому +40

    I think the information of the gates were a bit lacking. But I think you would need a 15 min video to just get down the basics. :P
    But what I would like to learn more about is the PN junctions, the physics and how you dope the materials to make the transistor.

    • @jasonsmith-lv5my
      @jasonsmith-lv5my 8 років тому +1

      there is an entire subject in engineering dedicated to semiconductor and its derivatives. Its called electronic devices and circuits.

    • @xxuncexx
      @xxuncexx 8 років тому +2

      This isn't an in depth class. These videos just skim the surface and are meant to give you the basic concept

    • @Ziggurat1
      @Ziggurat1 8 років тому +3

      +xxuncexx I agree with what you are saying, but my criticism is how the video is structured. PN juctions should be a video by it selves, just mentioned here. Vacuum tubes should have less focus, but talked about. Logic gates should have more focus. NAND gate is explained, but then explain how simple it is to turn a NAND gate into a NOT gate. With a NAND gate and a NOT gate show how simple it is to turn a NAND and a NOT gate into an AND gate. Don't need more gates, but make a Bit that you can set, and read. Animate the wires that are high.
      This is more useful to conveying the information that computers are built up of many simple parts, that are easy to understand one by one.

    • @xxuncexx
      @xxuncexx 8 років тому

      Ziggurat
      I see your point. I feel it got the basic gist but they could have focused on the gates more. Maybe presented the truth tables and stuff.

    • @Ziggurat1
      @Ziggurat1 8 років тому

      +xxuncexx I forgot, most people like truth tables more, can be displayed at the same time as animating the hot wires. Just because these things feel and theoretical, when they really are physical and mechanical instead.

  • @codeminatiinterviewcode6459
    @codeminatiinterviewcode6459 5 років тому

    treat to watch all the best for future

  • @ChanwooPark-me1wc
    @ChanwooPark-me1wc 2 роки тому

    컴퓨터와 트렌지스터의 작동 원리를 알고 나니, 컴퓨터가 수행하는 작업들이 한층 더 대단해 보입니다. 일상생활에서 쓰이는 물건들의 원리를 배우는 것은 참 재미있습니다. 유익한 영상 감사합니다.

  • @arek9255
    @arek9255 5 років тому +1

    Please tell me me more about computers! These videos are awesome

  • @SupeHero00
    @SupeHero00 8 років тому +3

    Finally understood it! :)

  • @matej180
    @matej180 8 років тому

    Amazing. Such a small small thing making technology possible.

  • @iluvyyh
    @iluvyyh 8 років тому +2

    This was much needed! thanks :) my exam's next week

  • @alpaktuna
    @alpaktuna 7 років тому

    Very well-explained.

  • @leoshevkun3645
    @leoshevkun3645 8 років тому

    Thank you for such a great video!

  • @heaptv2348
    @heaptv2348 7 років тому

    Very good explanation !

  • @egwdean
    @egwdean 2 роки тому

    Very insightful.

  • @KnowledgeCrew
    @KnowledgeCrew 8 років тому

    Interesting and well explained. Keep the good work!

  • @JARMAK-MUSIC
    @JARMAK-MUSIC 8 років тому +188

    i wonder what non engineers think when their are watching this.

    • @kvweber
      @kvweber 8 років тому +153

      "I have very little idea what any of this means, but the animation and pacing is nice." - me, a designer

    • @avatar098
      @avatar098 8 років тому +232

      "they're." - an english major.

    • @JARMAK-MUSIC
      @JARMAK-MUSIC 8 років тому +17

      +avatar098 lol correct, sorry was typing quickly

    • @ififif31
      @ififif31 8 років тому +15

      +DJ MJ Probably the same thing that engineers are thinking when they see a video about abstract art............(i.e. confusion).

    • @jasonsmith-lv5my
      @jasonsmith-lv5my 8 років тому +5

      they don't think anything. They are way too dumb to understand anything as we were the first day ee joined engg. college. what they showed in this video I is a combination of 2 subjects I had Electronic Devices & Circuits (for semi conductor related stuff) and Digital Electronics (for logic gates/ family and boolean algebra).

  • @nikhilraj7425
    @nikhilraj7425 6 років тому

    Just simply amazing......

  • @entubatumahumasu4132
    @entubatumahumasu4132 8 років тому

    Amaaazing! Can you make a video about how we got from simple calculations to complex graphics? Or how a touch screen works?

  • @luisapedrolli2798
    @luisapedrolli2798 3 роки тому

    What a nice video! All my 2 months research in a 5 min video :)

  • @jlomohocob
    @jlomohocob 8 років тому

    Amazing animation this time!

  • @Combat1
    @Combat1 8 років тому

    Finally another animation. Am 35 years. But dude your animation can catch attention

  • @norma8686
    @norma8686 8 років тому

    That was nice and easy to understand, thank you :)

  • @Bianchi77
    @Bianchi77 9 місяців тому

    Nice video shot, thanks for sharing it with us, well done :)

  • @my3_ashokan894
    @my3_ashokan894 6 років тому

    I loved this video so much!

  • @alexandrugheorghe5610
    @alexandrugheorghe5610 8 років тому

    Really good one!

  • @suyashrajapurkar2504
    @suyashrajapurkar2504 4 роки тому

    Thanks, for information

  • @namutolostephen2859
    @namutolostephen2859 5 років тому

    Thanks a lot guys

  • @maysammirzakhalili4862
    @maysammirzakhalili4862 5 років тому

    I enjoyed it a lot - thank you .

  • @EyesOfByes
    @EyesOfByes 3 роки тому +1

    I learned more from this than my three months at computer science. Yes, I have concentration issues

  • @TheIsaacShin
    @TheIsaacShin 2 роки тому

    Blows my mind how smart and dedicated people are. I just know how to do left and right click....

  • @kondomonster
    @kondomonster 6 років тому

    You explained it better than my instructors at Aviation Electronics Technician school while I was in the Navy.

    • @hxd9321
      @hxd9321 2 роки тому

      Well I mean it is the Navy after all

  • @DejaMiru
    @DejaMiru 8 років тому

    takes me back to high school physics.. although i've all but forgotten this stuff..

  • @kondomonster
    @kondomonster 6 років тому

    Love to see how you tackle transistor theory.

  • @alhdlakhfdqw
    @alhdlakhfdqw 8 років тому

    beautifully explained TQ so much!!! :)

  • @sarangnagbhidkar9277
    @sarangnagbhidkar9277 6 років тому

    superb

  • @ayeshaanwarshaikh2180
    @ayeshaanwarshaikh2180 5 років тому +1

    Amazing sir 😊

  • @Rhaifha
    @Rhaifha 8 років тому

    Very interesting! I love to see videos on how tech works, because for most electronics I have no idea.. 😅

  • @ronitkoli7603
    @ronitkoli7603 8 років тому

    Once Again An Amazing Explanation..!! 😁

  • @snowman_star
    @snowman_star 7 років тому +1

    I love how TED Ed ends their videos. Gives me chills every time.

  • @boredomphobia6411
    @boredomphobia6411 8 років тому

    You are amazing!!!

  • @gianlucarocca34
    @gianlucarocca34 8 років тому

    awesome work dude :D

  • @mano1ification
    @mano1ification 7 років тому +1

    watching this on a computer feels meta....how much ever u explain with easy on the eye graphics, the fact is that this is crazy...the people who invented these are geniuses and most people like me are never going to understand how these brilliant things and minds that create them work...feeling dumb

  • @Yash-iw4lb
    @Yash-iw4lb 2 роки тому

    awesome

  • @realizeislam4820
    @realizeislam4820 3 роки тому

    *The last words of this guy was amazing*

  • @shankarnathmajumder
    @shankarnathmajumder 4 роки тому

    Simply Awesome.....!!! 🙂
    👍👍👍👍👍

  • @ivd4s7
    @ivd4s7 7 років тому

    marvelous

  • @mountolympus1098
    @mountolympus1098 5 років тому +1

    Sometimes I feel learning science is very much important. People who choose commerce or humanities are never going to know how this world works. From quantum physics , astronomy, computer programming, engineering, hardware, chemistry, mathematics, bio technology, .... everything is done in science.

  • @MrI7asson
    @MrI7asson 3 роки тому

    Great video. It is based on very real terminology. I often find videos that are too simplistic for the topic, this is not one of them even though it might seem like it.

  • @itsmeayan1728
    @itsmeayan1728 4 роки тому

    Awesome

  • @soufianesiris
    @soufianesiris 8 років тому

    brilliant

  • @user-mr5ym9ti2c
    @user-mr5ym9ti2c 6 років тому

    Brilliant

  • @sag591
    @sag591 8 років тому

    these videos are too good..👌

  • @saikat.sharma
    @saikat.sharma 6 років тому

    Learn lot of thanks

  • @carcinogenicthalidomide3057
    @carcinogenicthalidomide3057 6 років тому +1

    Very well explained,maybe depeltion layer could have been represented.

  • @maximusdizon7267
    @maximusdizon7267 8 років тому

    Interesting...Computers never fail to amaze me....

  • @guitargodjoe3621
    @guitargodjoe3621 8 років тому +6

    Finally, clarification!

  • @learnenglisheasily8578
    @learnenglisheasily8578 5 років тому

    Those vedios are great and helpful