With 12-in. silicon wafers now in production, achieving precision performance across tens of thousands of amplifiers requires fast and accurate tuning to keep cost low.

In this video, I demonstrate the process of creating a magnetic chuck, which I’ll use as an electromagnet vise. The video ...

The patents had been received. The military had been informed. The time had finally come to tell the world about the transistor. On Wednesday, June 30, Bell Labs held a press conference to announce ...