Very first transistor.

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upriverpaddler

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Got this from one of my news blogs this morn'. The very first two transistors on a silicon wafer by Fairchild Semiconductor. Look at the center, it kinda rings a bell, don't it?

 
DAMN! You're right, it was the aliens! That thing in the center of that thing is dead on proff that they took Hoover! Wow :eek:





...eeeh what are we looking for there?
 
Well it's not exactly a spitting image, but the first thing I saw was..

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In case some of you don't get it (this is the General Hardware section), there are billions of these things inside your case. When they were new they cost $150 each in bulk. Now you pay about 1/1,000 of a cent each for them in bulk.
 
The story behind and around Fairchild is an interesting read for avid hardware buffs. Its on wikipedia now, too, lol.
 
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