In this lesson, students build two circuits and explore how transistors function. When Bell Labs introduced the transistor in June of 1948, a spokesman proudly announced "This cylindrical object ...

Transistors had become commonplace in everything ... That spring, Fairchild began a push to build what they called "unitary circuits" and they also applied for a patent on the idea.

The Intel Pentium has a separate section just for multiplication by 3, which has more transistors than a Z80 had in total.

Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS) technology is a vital part of modern electronics, used in designing and manufacturing integrated circuits (ICs) that power many digital devices. CMOS ...