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What experts have said about transistor
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The transistor enabled modern computing after replacing large vacuum tubes.
“three people questioned the need for that and came up with the idea of the transistor to amplify current. And that was the Nobel prize winning discovery. And not just that it was useful to amplify telephone signals. It basically led to the rise of modern computing”
Open the episode · #2521 - Aravind SrinivasListen at 57:54
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