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 Integrated Circuits - A History
1958: Invention of the Integrated Circuit Texas Instruments' first IC As with many inventions, two people had the idea for an integrated circuit at almost the same time.
Transistors had become commonplace in everything from radios to phones to computers, and now manufacturers wanted something even better.
Sure, transistors were smaller than vacuum tubes, but for some of the newest electronics, they weren't small enough.
But there...
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10/12/2007
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