Dern. I had a physics lecturer, of all places, DeAnza College (Cupertino, CA), who worked in that lab. OG engineer teaching physics/engineering fundamentals.
Morris Tanenbaum, inventor of the silicon transistor, has died
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Re: Morris Tanenbaum, inventor of the silicon transistor, has died
#102I went looking for a recent estimate of the number of transistors that have been manufactured. It appears to be in the range of 10^23. I'm pretty sure there in nothing else anyone has invented that has been replicated in such volume.
Wow, nearly a mole. I remember thinking that a mole of any "thing" was impossible.
https://spectrum.ieee.org/transistor-density
Interpolate out and we'll be at a mole in 1-2 years
Re: Morris Tanenbaum, inventor of the silicon transistor, has died
#103I went looking for a recent estimate of the number of transistors that have been manufactured. It appears to be in the range of 10^23. I'm pretty sure there in nothing else anyone has invented that has been replicated in such volume.
Interesting. Do you have a source? How does it compare to other tech, like nails? Or cups? Shoes?
IEEE
https://spectrum.ieee.org/transistor-density
Interpolate out and we're close to 10^23