Electronics · Recorded milestone
MOSFET
Recorded year1959
Atalla and Kahng's metal-oxide transistor becomes the most manufactured device in history.
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- TransistorRecorded · 1947enables
Led to
- CMOS logicRecorded · 1963enables
- CCD image sensorRecorded · 1969enables
- Quartz watchRecorded · 1969requires
- DRAM memory chipRecorded · 1970enables
- Pocket calculatorRecorded · 1970requires
- Liquid-crystal displayRecorded · 1971requires
- MicroprocessorRecorded · 1971enables
- Digital watchRecorded · 1972requires
- Cochlear implantRecorded · 1978requires
- Home electronic keyboardRecorded · 1980requires
- Compact discRecorded · 1982requires
- Power transistors (IGBT)Recorded · 1983enables
- Flash memoryRecorded · 1984enables
- Portable CD playerRecorded · 1984requires
- CD-ROMRecorded · 1985requires
- Deep brain stimulationRecorded · 1987requires
- CMOS image sensorRecorded · 1993enables
- MEMS sensorsRecorded · 1993requires
- RFID supply-chain tagsRecorded · 2003requires
- Silicon photonicsRecorded · 2007requires
- 3D FinFET transistorRecorded · 2011enables
- Silicon carbide power chipsRecorded · 2011enables
- First carbon-nanotube computerRecorded · 2013enables
- Quantum-dot displaysRecorded · 2013requires
- EUV lithographyRecorded · 2019requires
Sources & evidence
Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.