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British (England - South East - Oxford, Sussex) British (General) British (Received Pronunciation - RP, BBC)Transcript
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in the early fifties, the switches and computers were valves, each one was handmade and expensive, and the world market was dominated by huge American manufacturers. But in 1947 William Shockley invented the transistor for which he was to get a Nobel Prize. The transistor switch was simple to pimples of germanium fused to the faces of a disc of germanium. And with the electrical connections made, it is complete. The transistor murdered the valve industry with the rapidity that was brutal. The United States valve makers have been slow to see the importance of transistors, and Japan quickly took advantage of the breakthrough to set up transistor factories. They became the major transistor makers in the world. The transistor radio was one of the first signs of the dawn of industrial Japan, but they didn't keep the lead.
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