On Sunday 16th December the humble transistor is 60 years old. On that day in 1947 William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain successfully demonstrated the building and operation of the first practical point-contact transistor at the Bell Labs.
Given the transistor has been cited in some circles as the greatest and most important invention of the 20th Century, given it's central importance to the electronics revolution in the late 20th Century, I wonder why this landmark date has gone without any real coverage in the press (I stumbled across an article at The Register, a technology site). If anyone has come across an article on this in the last week or so I'd be interested in hearing about it.
Anyway on on Sunday remember to think of the transistors birthday, chances are you are have several-hundred million of them living in your home today!
Dave
Given the transistor has been cited in some circles as the greatest and most important invention of the 20th Century, given it's central importance to the electronics revolution in the late 20th Century, I wonder why this landmark date has gone without any real coverage in the press (I stumbled across an article at The Register, a technology site). If anyone has come across an article on this in the last week or so I'd be interested in hearing about it.
Anyway on on Sunday remember to think of the transistors birthday, chances are you are have several-hundred million of them living in your home today!
Dave