The modern world wouldn't be what it is if it weren't for a little piece of technology that emerged from Bell Labs in 1947. Photos: Sixty years of transistors Michael Kanellos is editor at large ...

Intel is trying to generate a little viral buzz with a new video it’s promoting called “What’s a transistor?” It’s animated, and stars a frog. What is a transistor and how do the hundreds of millions ...

The first transistor computer was built in 1953 by the University of Manchester using 200 point-contact transistors, much in the style of earlier relay and vacuum-tube computers.

The transistor is the most evolved piece of technology in history, contends Will Swope, a vice president at Intel. “Before, we were making them one at a time.