The Transistor By electriccurrent Mar 4, 1898 Edison Discovers The Electron Feb 10, 1902 Walter Brattain Born Mar 4, 1906 Lee De Forest Invents The Audion May 23, 1908 John Bardeen Born Feb 3, 1910 William Shockley born Dec 16, 1947 John Bardeen & Walter Brattain Make First "Point Contact" Transistor Jan 1, 1948 Shockley Invents Junction Transistor Jan 18, 1948 Military Is Informed About Transistors Jun 30, 1948 Bell Labs Announces Invention of Transistor Mar 4, 1951 J Bardeen Leaves Bell Labs Jul 4, 1951 Junction Transistor Developed Mar 4, 1956 Shockley Leaves Bell Labs Dec 10, 1956 Nobel Prize Awarded to Shockley, Brattain & Bardeen Feb 6, 1958 Jack Kilby Invents Integrated Circuit Apr 25, 1961 Robert Noyce Patents Integrated Circuit Dec 8, 2000 The Nobel Prize in Physics 2000 Awarded to Jack Kilby for Invention of Integrated Circuit
