is a complete implementation of a PDP8-like microcomputer on a single PCB. Like the DEC PDP-8, this is a 12-bit machine, but instead of the diode-transistor logic of the DEC, the substantially ...

The first transistor was about half an inch high. That's mammoth by today's standards, when 7 million transistors can fit on a single computer chip. It was nevertheless an amazing piece of technology.

But, they said, no one should expect a silicon transistor for years. Then Gordon Teal of Texas Instruments stood up to give his talk. He pulled three small objects out of his pocket and announced ...