dec 23, 1947 - The Transistor
Description:
1) The transistor replaced the bulky, inefficient vacuum tubes that came before them2) Almost all modern-day electronics could not exist without the invention of the transistor
3) Until recently, transistors have been becoming more and more compact, at the rate of roughly twice as compact each year. This is Moore's Law
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Date:
dec 23, 1947
Now
~ 77 years ago