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Tuesday 4 October 2011

(Lecture 21) 2nd Generation (1956-1964) Transistor

The transistor (Solid State Device) a smaller and more reliable successor to the vacuum tube was invented in 1947.  Faster in speed from the previous computers.  These computers were able to reduce computational time from milliseconds to microseconds.  
Examples:  UNIVAC III, SS80, SS90, 1107

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