jan 1, 1947 - American engineers John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain together with their group leader William Shockley invented transistor.
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Transistors are the key active components in almost all modern appliances. They had a large amounts of advantages compared to vacuum tubes, and thus are sometimes considered as "the invention of the century".Riordan, Michael. “Transistor.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 9 Oct. 2018, www.britannica.com/technology/transistor.
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jan 1, 1947
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~ 78 years ago