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1960 US A working MOSFET is built by a team at Bell Labs. E. E. LaBate and E. I. Povilonis made the device; M. O. Thurston, L. A. D’Asaro, and J. R. Ligenza developed the diffusion processes, and H. K. Gummel and R. Lindner characterized the device. [12] [13] 1960: US EUR ALGOL, first structured, procedural, programming language to be ...
By 1960, magnetic core was the dominant memory technology, although there were still some new machines using drums and delay lines during the 1960s. Magnetic thin film and rod memory were used on some second-generation machines, but advances in core technology meant they remained niche players until semiconductor memory displaced both core and ...
The 1960s weren’t just about rock ‘n’ roll and Vietnam War protests; they were also the birthplace of cutting-edge electronics that defined a generation. From sleek transistor radios to ...
As a result, book-sized computers of today can outperform room-sized computers of the 1960s, and there has been a revolution in the way people live – in how they work, study, conduct business, and engage in research. World War II had a profound impact on the development of science and technology in the United States.
This article is part of our Innovation in America series, in which Foolish writers highlight examples of innovation going on today and what they see coming in the future. Author's note: This is a ...
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In the first half of the decade, "the economy was just fabulous during the 1960s, and nobody really talked about it," said Terry Anderson, a history professor and author of a textbook on the era.