The invention of the transistor is one of the most important inventions of the 20th century. The transistor was invented in 1947 when three scientists, namely William Shockley, John Bardeen, and ...

On Dec. 16, 1947, the future began with the invention of the transistor. A lab notebook indicates that researchers at Bell Telephone Laboratories first got the thing to work on this day 75 years ago.

On Oct. 3, 1950, three scientists at Bell Labs in New Jersey received a U.S. patent for what would become one of the most important inventions of the 20th century — the transistor. John Bardeen, ...

We’re surrounded by transistors. They’re all around us. They’re in phones, car keys, microwaves, pacemakers and plenty more. The transistor is a revolutionary piece of technology that helped create ...

At a small local chapter meeting of a professional society, Gordon Moore's talk laid out the rudiments of what would become ...