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The transistor was first developed in December 1947 by Drs. Shockley, Brattain and Bardeen at the Bell Telephone Laboratories in New Jersey. The invention earned the three a Nobel Prize.
Initially seen as a compact and less fragile replacement for the vacuum tube (valve) in radio, television and other electronic circuits, the transistor would lead to the development of the computer chip containing millions of miniature transistors. The computerisation of such everyday objects as telephones, watches, washing machines and motor cars, as well as the systems with which all organisations and businesses are run, not to mention the Internet, all owe their existence to the transistor.
This example was one of a number used in 1948 at the Bell Laboratories to test the application of these first plug-in transistors in typical electronic circuits.
Initially seen as a compact and less fragile replacement for the vacuum tube (valve) in radio, television and other electronic circuits, the transistor would lead to the development of the computer chip containing millions of miniature transistors. The computerisation of such everyday objects as telephones, watches, washing machines and motor cars, as well as the systems with which all organisations and businesses are run, not to mention the Internet, all owe their existence to the transistor.
This example was one of a number used in 1948 at the Bell Laboratories to test the application of these first plug-in transistors in typical electronic circuits.