Computing

The transistor, built at Bell Labs in 1947, replaced bulky vacuum tubes with small, reliable, low-power switches and amplifiers, enabling modern computers and electronics.

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Moore's Law is the observation that chip transistor counts double about every two years. Transistor shrinking has slowed sharply, but whether that means the end depends on how you define the law.

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