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To: TigerPaw who wrote (27150)1/27/2026 11:36:12 AM
From: Kirk ©  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 27178
 
No, the first "chip" with metal and semiconductor material was the Transistor led by William Shockley.

TI came along later and put several of them together to make a logic circuit. Fairchild also did a lot of work to advance logic circuits as did some at HP that I worked under and drank beer with back in the day.