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The Christmas miracle of 1947

steve Three physicists at Bell Labs invented the point-contact transistor, changing electronics forever.

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Fun Facts

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First silicon transistor: In 1954, Texas Instruments revealed the first commercial silicon transistor by dropping a working one into a beaker of hot oil to prove its heat resistance.

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Quizzes

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In what year did Bell Labs scientists successfully demonstrate the first working transistor?

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What process describes adding tiny impurities to silicon to change its electrical conductivity?

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Which three scientists shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics for inventing the transistor?

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What was the name of the massive 1946 computer that used 18,000 vacuum tubes?

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Why did silicon eventually replace germanium as the preferred semiconductor material?

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Which fragile component did the transistor replace in early computers?

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What common natural resource is the primary source of the silicon used in microchips?

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Which chemical element was used to build the very first working transistor in 1947?

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Glossary
transistor (noun)
A semiconductor device used to amplify or switch electrical signals and power. John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley invented the device at Bell Laboratories in December 1947.

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Which tech era would you visit?

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steve Why germanium lost to silicon

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steve The bulky world before silicon

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steve The Christmas miracle of 1947

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