On 16 December 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 the world would never be the same again. Few inventions had such a profound impact on society.
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Tags: Bell Labs, Electronics, Solid-State Electronics, Transistor
December 17, 2007 at 3:16 pm |
Yes, I know that today is December 17th, meaning that the transistor’s 60th b-day was yesterday. In any case, that’s kind of irrelevant, right?
June 26, 2008 at 6:45 am |
i want details of new inventions in electronics
June 26, 2008 at 2:32 pm |
@ hari
Check this out then.
September 12, 2008 at 9:13 pm |
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