MOSFET – The Most significant invention of the 20th Century

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What makes a truly world-changing invention?. Of all the inventions of the 20th century just one could be said to have changed the world in such a way that it touches virtually everybody on the planet's lives on a daily basis. It has enabled the most rapid development in technology in history and yet you cant see the vast majority of them directly and their individual job is just to switch on and off. This is the story of the MOSFET and how it changed the world.

Written, researched and presented by Paul Shillito

Images and footage : TMSC, AMSL, Intel, effectrode.com, Jan.B, Google, University of Pennsylvania,
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