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Transistor – 60th anniversary

By Rod Carvalho

On December 16, 1947 William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain succeeded in building the first practical point-contact transistor at Bell Labs. This invention started the solid-state electronics revolution, and changed the world. Few inventions had such a profound impact on society.

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More info at: EE Times.

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