History of Electronics Timeline
In this timeline you will find, what i think to be, is the 10 most important discoveries and breakthroughs of electronics, spanning from the discovery of the elecrtron to modern dai Artifial Intellengence and quantum computing.
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Discovery of the elctron
J.J. Thomson – Discovered the electron through his work with cathode ray tubes at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge.
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Invention of the Transistor
John Ambrose – Invented the first vacuum tube (the diode) using thermionic emission.
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Invention of the Transistor
Lee De Forest – Invented the triode in 1906, which enabled signal amplification and made radio transmission practical.
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Development of the Transistor
John Bardeen, William Shockley, and Walter Brattain – Developed the first working transistor at Bell Labs.
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Invention of the Integrated Circuit
Jack Kilby – Built the first working integrated circuit at Texas Instruments using germanium.
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Invention of the Integrated Circuit
Robert Noyce – Independently developed the integrated circuit using silicon at Fairchild Semiconductor in 1959.
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Development of the MOSFET
Mohamed Atalla and Dawon Kahng – Invented the MOSFET, which became the foundation for modern digital circuits.
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Creation of the Microprocessor
Federico Faggin & Marcian Hoff – Designed ,built and created architecture for the Intel 4004 microprocessor.
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Developement of the Lithium-ion Battery
John Goodenough –Discovered the key materials for high-energy lithium-ion batteries.
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Advances in Fiber Optic Communication
Charles Kao – Demonstrated the feasibility of long-distance fiber optic communication using low-loss glass fibers.
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Development of CMOS Technology for VLSI
Frank Wanlass – Developed the concept of CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor) technology in 1963.
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Rise of Quantum Computing and AI Chips
Peter Shor – Developed Shor's algorithm, proving the potential of quantum computing.