The first transistor was invented at Bell Laboratories on December 16, 1947 by William
Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain. It later made possible the integrated circuit and
microprocessor that are the basis of modern electronics. Prior to the transistor the only
alternative to its current regulation and switching functions (TRANSfer resISTOR) was the
vacuum tube, which could only be miniaturized to a certain extent, and wasted a lot of
energy in the form of heat.
Although video was possible with vacuum tube equipment, as was the case with the Ampex
VRX-1000, without the transistor video products would never have gotten very small.
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Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain. It later made possible the integrated circuit and
microprocessor that are the basis of modern electronics. Prior to the transistor the only
alternative to its current regulation and switching functions (TRANSfer resISTOR) was the
vacuum tube, which could only be miniaturized to a certain extent, and wasted a lot of
energy in the form of heat.
Although video was possible with vacuum tube equipment, as was the case with the Ampex
VRX-1000, without the transistor video products would never have gotten very small.
image--
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