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Processors Toolkit

Modern computing on the head of a pin

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Nick Heath silicon.com

Published: 29 Jan 2008 12:49 GMT

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The transistor was invented by Bell Labs scientists John Bardeen, Walter Brattain and William Shockley to replace the vacuum tube. It soon proved its worth with its ability to amplify electrical signals and to switch them on and off.

Photo credit: LSI Corporation

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