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, ...

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Technology Computing Science history: Invention of the transistor ushers in the computing era — Oct. 3, 1950 On Oct. 3, 1950, three Bell Labs scientists received a patent for a "three-electrode ...