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Bardeen, Brattain, and Shockley made very little money from their invention.  Others, like Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce in founding Intel, made a fortune.  This was true even though Shockley himself saw the potential and started the company upon which Silicon Valley was based.

Bardeen, Brattain, and Shockley made very little money from their invention.  Others, like Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce in founding Intel, made a fortune.  This was true even though Shockley himself saw the potential and started the company upon which Silicon Valley was based.

Japanese engineers like Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita, who founded Sony Electronics, were successful in improving the manufacturing of transistors.

Japanese engineers like Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita, who founded Sony Link title, were successful in improving the manufacturing of transistors.

==Significance==

==Significance==

Transistors created a revolution in electronics.

Transistors created a revolution in [[electronics]].

Prior to the transistor, electronics relied on vacuum tubes. Vacuum tubes made possible very sophisticated electronics, including broadcast radio and television as we know them, radar, and the first electronic computers.  

Prior to the transistor, electronics relied on vacuum tubes. Vacuum tubes made possible very sophisticated electronics, including broadcast radio and television as we know them, radar, and the first electronic computers.