The History of the Silicon Based Desktop Computer

Second Generation

Second Generation (1959-1965)

  • MOSFET

    The metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) was then invented by Mohamed Atalla and Dawon Kahng in 1959. The MOSFET largely superseded both the bipolar transistor and the JFET, and had a profound effect on digital electronic development.

  • 1959

    Mohamed Atalla and Dawon Kahng

  • MOSFETs first proposed (Date confilct with above)

    Metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors. These were first proposed by Dawon Kahng in 1960

  • 1960

    Dawon Kahng

  • CMOS for MOSFETs

    CMOS (complementary MOS), a semiconductor device fabrication process for MOSFETs, was developed by Chih-Tang Sah and Frank Wanlass at Fairchild Semiconductor in 1963.

  • 1963

    Chih-Tang Sah and Frank Wanlass at Fairchild Semiconductor