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The 40 pages that link to Transistor, each with the reason it gives.

• Integrated circuitBroader topic: Transistors are the active devices from which most modern integrated circuits are built.

• Central processing unitNarrower topic: Billions of transistors form the switching elements in modern CPUs.

• Doping (semiconductors)Related: Spatially controlled doping establishes the regions that let transistors switch and amplify.

• Bell LabsBroader topic: Bell Labs researchers invented the point-contact transistor in 1947, transforming electronic technology.

• MicroprocessorBroader topic: Billions of transistors form the switching elements of modern microprocessors.

• John BardeenBroader topic: Bardeen and Brattain’s point-contact device established the transistor as a practical electronic component.

• Moore's lawBroader topic: Transistor counts are the quantity whose growth Moore's law describes.

• William ShockleyNarrower topic: The transistor is the invention Shockley helped create and the technology that defined his scientific career.

• RelayCompared with: Transistors switch electronically, avoiding the moving contacts used by conventional relays.

• Condensed matter physicsBroader topic: Its operation depends on engineered charge transport in semiconducting materials.

• Consumer electronicsRelated: Transistors enabled smaller, lower-power electronics than vacuum-tube designs.

• DiodeCompared with: Unlike a two-terminal diode, a transistor uses an additional control terminal.

• GermaniumNarrower topic: Germanium made practical early transistors possible and helped launch solid-state electronics.

• Solid-state physicsBroader topic: Its operation depends on engineered electronic states and interfaces in solids.

• History of computingRelated: Replacing vacuum tubes with transistors made computers smaller, more reliable, and less power-hungry.

• NAND gateNarrower topic: Transistors are the physical switching elements inside electronic NAND gates.

• Digital circuitBroader topic: Transistors are the switching devices from which digital logic is built.

• Gordon MooreBroader topic: Transistor counts supplied the measurable quantity at the heart of Moore’s observation.

• ElectronicsBroader topic: Transistors provide the basic switching and amplification used throughout electronics.

• Jack KilbyRelated: Transistors were among the components Kilby combined in his integrated-circuit prototype.

• NOT gateRelated: Transistors provide the switching behavior used to build electronic inverters.

• Analog computerRelated: Transistors enabled smaller, more reliable electronic computers and contributed to digital computing's rise.

• Digital electronicsNarrower topic: Transistors act as the switches from which integrated digital logic is built.

• Point-Contact TransistorNarrower topic: The point-contact device was the first practical member of this broader class.

• Transistor radioBroader topic: It replaces the vacuum tube as the radio’s active electronic component.

• Dependent sourceRelated: Small-signal transistor models use dependent sources to represent controlled output behavior.

• Digital RevolutionBroader topic: Transistors replaced bulky vacuum tubes and enabled smaller, more reliable digital circuits.

• Electronic design automationNarrower topic: Transistors are the physical elements whose behavior chip-design tools ultimately approximate and arrange.

• Computer (electronic device)Broader topic: Billions of transistors implement the switches and logic inside modern processors.

• Information AgeBroader topic: The transistor made smaller, more reliable electronic computers practical.

• Masaru IbukaRelated: Sony’s adoption of transistor technology enabled compact consumer products.

• Earl BakkenRelated: Transistors enabled smaller, lower-power circuitry for a battery-operated pacemaker.

• Electronic circuitRelated: It supplies the switching and amplification at the heart of modern circuits.

• Electronic componentBroader topic: Transistors provide switching and amplification in electronic circuits.

• IBM 7030 StretchNarrower topic: Stretch replaced the vacuum tubes of earlier computers with transistors.

• Analogue electronicsBroader topic: Transistors provide the active gain and control at the heart of analogue circuits.

• GyratorNarrower topic: Practical gyrators use transistor-based active circuits rather than an ideal standalone component.

• History of computer scienceRelated: Its invention enabled smaller, more reliable electronic computers than vacuum tubes.

• History of computing hardwareRelated: The transistor replaced bulky, power-hungry vacuum tubes in computer circuits.

• History of electrical engineeringBroader topic: Its invention began the transition from bulky tubes to compact solid-state electronics.