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jan 1, 1959 - Planar process

Description:

"the development of
the planar process at Fairchild Semiconductor
allowed tens of silicon transistors to be
fabricated at the same time on the surface of
a single-crystal silicon wafer "
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41928-017-0014-8.pdf

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Date:

jan 1, 1959
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~ 67 years ago