transistor

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He could see, on that evening long ago, that this transistor would be easily manufacturable—manufacturable in great quantities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

At Bell Labs, Kelly would sometimes handpick teams and create such a mix, as was the case for the transistor invention in the late 1940s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

"There was a lot of development between the discovery of a reaction for sequencing DNA and modern genomics; decades between the first transistor and putting a billion transistors on a chip," Chait says.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2026

The fire was right beneath a power line, and the transistor charred.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Rasheed’s watch too was sold, his old transistor radio, his pair of neckties, his shoes, and his wedding ring.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini