Sixty years ago, December 16th, 1947, the transistor was born, and ushered in the era of modern electronics. Birthed by John Bardeen and Walter Brattain, two Bell Labs researchers, their device was called a point contract transistor.
Shortly thereafter, colleague William Shockley followed with the junction transistor. The three were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956.
The rest is history.
Prior to the transistor, everything was vacuum tubes. Without the transistor, I wouldn't be writing this on the laptop I have, my wife wouldn't have her iPod (can you image trying to stick vacuum tubes in that?) and the Internet would likely not exist. Ugh.
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Shortly thereafter, colleague William Shockley followed with the junction transistor. The three were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956.
The rest is history.
Prior to the transistor, everything was vacuum tubes. Without the transistor, I wouldn't be writing this on the laptop I have, my wife wouldn't have her iPod (can you image trying to stick vacuum tubes in that?) and the Internet would likely not exist. Ugh.
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
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