Transistor

Electronics1947Bardeen, Brattain, ShockleyUSA

InventorBardeen, Brattain, Shockley

Year1947

CategoryElectronics

OriginUSA

About Transistor

Invented at Bell Labs, it replaced vacuum tubes. Made possible every modern electronic device. The three inventors won the Nobel Prize but Shockley became bitter about not being the sole inventor. A modern smartphone has over 10 billion transistors.

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