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Originally Posted by sesame
J. H. Felker and J. R. Harris created TRADIC, the first transistor driven computer at AT&T Bell Laboratories in 1955. No vacuum tubes, just 800 transistors, Not hot, but cold & highly efficient;
Power requirement = 100 watts
But even so, dear sister Anna, it was only a giant 3 cubic feet calculator!
I guessed beforehand that someone will fill the information hole and most probably ...  |
Transistors have no difference in function to valves, only in size, speed and heat efficiency.
Anyway, what do you think a computer is? All a computer actually does is perform a series of mathematical operations. The only difference is the scale.
Colossus could still decode German transmissions, I'd like to see you do that on your pocket calculator.