/technologies/businessofengineering/b/blog/posts/the-transistor-turns-75-and-helped-usher-in-modern-electronics-we-use-todayThe small semiconductor devices are considered the most manufactured item in the history of modern electronics. (Image credit: Pxhere ) The birth of modern electronics began 75 years ago when John Bardeen and Walter Brattain developed the first transen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/technologies/businessofengineering/b/blog/posts/the-transistor-turns-75-and-helped-usher-in-modern-electronics-we-use-todayFri, 16 Dec 2022 01:59:25 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:de06dca2-5f0e-4357-b5e0-ee561f4c32d7baldengineer0<p>I don&rsquo;t have sources for this, but, in terms of &ldquo;discernible components&rdquo; manufactured, the MOSFET is the most manufactured &ldquo;device&rdquo; on the planet.&nbsp;</p> <p>To achieve this goal, you have to count every transistor inside of an IC as an individual device.</p> <p>Still, amazing for something that was effectively a footnote in a lab notebook 80 years ago.</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=24937&AppID=96&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">