What major effect did the transistor have on technology?

Answer 1

Transistors were smaller, lighter, more rugged, and more reliable than the tubes they replaced. Electrically, they user less power and required no high-voltage supply. Electronic equipment of all sorts could now be made more compact and more reliable. The first big impression on consumer electronics was the introduction of pocket-sized transistor radios.

A comment on the earlier post - logic gates were already being implemented in tube circuits. The transistor's contribution to computers was similar to what it did for other electronics - made them smaller, more reliable, and needing less power. With the advent of transistorized computers, it became practical to put computers in places they couldn't go before - on airplanes, for example.

Answer 2

The primary impact is felt today in that in 2002 roughly one-fourth of all electronic sales come from the sale of semiconductors, and the percentage is growing at a faster rate than electronic equpiment . Also it validated Bell Labs as a technology powerhouse. I don't know how much the transistor contributed to telecom technology, meaning speed, but I am sure it was and is significant. Imagine how long it would take to complete a phone call today call with a bunch of tubes and relays.

Answer 3

Transitors replaced the vacuum tube. Up till the development of the trasistors electronic and logic circuits were created using vacuum tubes.

Transistor had many advantages over the tube. They were far smaller. They were easier to manufacture in higher volumes thus leading to lower costs. They were more reliable. They also did not require the long warm up times that tubes would require. Lower power... Longer life... etc.

From that you can see that the invention of the transistor led to smaller and smaller electronic devices that were easier to manufacture and thus cost less. Making more electronic devices accessible to the average person.

Answer 4

The transistor provided an effective reliable and cheap basis with which to create logic gates, which form the basis of all modern computing. Logic gates had been previously manufactured from vacuum tubes, which were expensive, bulky and fragile.

Answer 5

the price of the electric devices,TV-radio and so on went down dramatically, the size went down as well, the amount of energy use went down as wel, the heat problem, the lamps who functioned as transistors generated a lot of heat was gone as well, enough ?