Since its inventors were awarded a Nobel Prize for their work in 1956 commentators have observed the milestones in the development of the humble transistor. And while transistors may be regarded as humble now, because so many of the tiny semiconductors are used as switches or amplifiers in every electronic device, the impact of the ...
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