Hold a "Day Without Transistors." Give up as many electronic devices as possible for one day. Then discuss how your life was different during that 24-hour period. How small can a transistor become?

The first transistor was about half an inch high. That's mammoth by today's standards, when 7 million transistors can fit on a single computer chip. It was nevertheless an amazing piece of technology.

He’s had a hand in every major change to the CMOS transistor during that time period. As Intel heads toward yet another major ...

There’s a picture of a project using three of them, a very period radio receiver with bulky transformers between all stages. If you’re interested in more tales of home made early transistors ...

There’s a picture of a project using three of them, a very period radio receiver with bulky transformers between all stages. If you’re interested in more tales of home made early transistors ...

Also called a "bipolar junction transistor" (BJT), it is one of two major transistor categories; the other is "field-effect transistor" (FET). Although the first transistor was bipolar and the ...