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Birth
William Bradford Shockley Jr was born in London England -
Graduate from College
Graduated from Caltech with a Bachelor of Science. -
PhD
Received a PhD from MIT. -
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Invention of the Transistor
Worked at Bell labs and led the team that invented the transistor. -
Writing
Shockley wrote Electrons and Holes in Semiconductors. -
Silicon Transistor
Gordon Teal was able to upgrade the transistor to silicon. -
Director level
Shockley was named director of transistor physics at Bell Labs. -
A new team
Shockley joined Beckman Instruments, Inc. and established the Shockley semiconductor laboratory in Mountain View, California. -
Nobel Prize
Shockley along with his team at Bell Labs won the 1956 Nobel Prize. -
A new Corporation
The Shockley Transistor Corporation, a subsidiary of Beckman Instruments, was born. -
New boss
Shockley's corporation was acquired by Clevite Corporation. He continued as a consultant until it was sold to International Telephone and Telegraph in 1965. -
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Upgrade to the Transistor
Transistors have continuously been getting smaller and smaller. When it was first invented, it was measured in millimeters, and over the decades they have shrunk to the nanometer scale. From the basic 2D MOSFET to the 3D FinFET, the new thinner and taller structure provides a smaller footprint and better performance. -
Another Award
In 1963 he received the Holley Medal of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. -
A new career path
Shockley set out on a new career path as a Eugenics researcher and advocate. -
Death
William Shockley died