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  • Time: 1 hours
    Level: Intermediate

 
 

Introduction

  • Introduction Resource
  • This unit focuses on the creation of a semiconductor transistor – a versatile tiny transistor that is now at the heart of the electronics industry. In the video clips, the history of the incredible shrinking...
 

1 The incredible shrinking chip

  • 1 The incredible shrinking chip Resource
  • Two Scottish computer engineers with little or no physics knowledge set out to make a semiconductor transistor. This was 50 years ago, and their efforts gained them the Nobel Prize. The versatility of...
 

2 Conclusion

  • 2 Conclusion Resource
  • The versatile tiny transistor is now at the heart of the electronics industry. In the video clips you have seen the history of the incredible shrinking chip, its Scottish connections, and an explanation...
 

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