Transistor Minimization Hits Dead End

Co-founder of the Intel Corporation, Gordon E. Moore, predicted in 1965 in a paper that the number of transistors that can be inexpensively placed on an integrated circuit would grow exponentially and duble every two years. Since then this prediction has become known as Moore's Law and d... [ read more >> ]

Replica of the orginal transistor invented in 1947; in the background, Computer History Museum senior curator Dag Spicer

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Replica of the orginal transistor invented in 1947; in the background, Computer History Museum senior curator Dag Spicer