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BIT 2nd Generation

The document discusses the development of second generation computers, which used transistors instead of vacuum tubes. It describes how John Bardeen, William Shockley and Walter Brattain invented the transistor at Bell Labs in the late 1940s. The transistor revolutionized electronics and led to smaller, more reliable and energy efficient computers. An example of an early transistor computer discussed is the Transistorized Airborne Digital Computer (TRADIC), built in 1954 for the US Air Force. It was the first fully transistorized computer and the first to be successfully operated in an aircraft.

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BIT 2nd Generation

The document discusses the development of second generation computers, which used transistors instead of vacuum tubes. It describes how John Bardeen, William Shockley and Walter Brattain invented the transistor at Bell Labs in the late 1940s. The transistor revolutionized electronics and led to smaller, more reliable and energy efficient computers. An example of an early transistor computer discussed is the Transistorized Airborne Digital Computer (TRADIC), built in 1954 for the US Air Force. It was the first fully transistorized computer and the first to be successfully operated in an aircraft.

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SECOND GENERATION

COMPUTERS
GROUP 2
2

OUTLINE
• OVERVIEW
• INVENTORS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION
• TRADIC
• BENEFITS OF SECOND GENERATION
3

OVERVIEW
Reporter : Forro, Jesssabelle A.
4

• It is all about transistor


• J. Bardeen, H.W. Brattain and W.
Shockley
• 1956 - 1963
5

INVENTORS
SECOND GENERATION
Reporter: Montaño, Clarice E.
6

“By 1948 it was obvious to


many that the transistor
would probably replace the
vacuum tube in devices such
as radios, television sets, and
computers.
”
7

Transistors
» A small device made up of semiconductor material
like germanium and silicon.
» It is a component used to control the amount of
current or voltage.
» Replaced the vacuum tube as an electronic switch.
8

John Bardeen (1908–1991), William B. Shockley


(1910–1989), and Walter H. Brattain (1902–
1987) invented the transistor at Bell Telephone
Laboratories in the mid-1940s.
9

John Bardeen (1908 - 1991)


» Born : May 23, 1908
» American physicist and electrical engineer.
» Most known as the inventor of transistor, which
revolutionized the electronics industry.
» Won the Nobel prize in Physics twice.
10

William B. Shockley (1910 - 1989)


» Born: February 13, 1910
» American physicist and inventor.
» Co- invented the transistor.
» His attempt to commercialize a new transistor
design in the 1950s and 1960s led to California’s
“Silicon Valley’’ becoming a hotbed of electronics
innovation.
11

Walter H. Brattain (1902 - 1987)


» Born: February 10, 1902
» American physicist at Bell Labs who helped invent
the transistor.
» They shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics for
their invention.
» He devoted much of his life to research on surface
states.
12

“Science is a field which


grows continuously with ever
expanding frontiers.
” – John Bardeen
13

HELLO!
I am Cyd Clarence Lagunday
14

1.
Transistorized Airborne
Digital Computer
15

History of TRADIC
» Transistor Digital Computer
or Transistorized Airborne Digital Computer
» first transistorized computer in the USA, and completed year
1954.
» Built by Jean Howard Felker for the United States Air Force
» Charlie Brown was a lead engineer on the project, which
started in 1951.
16

Transistorized Airborne Digital Computer


» The first computer » First computer to be
system to completely use successfully operated in
transistors a aircraft
» There are 800 transistors » A second application was
a transistorized digital
computer to be used in a
Navy track-while-scan
shipboard radar system
17

Several Models of TRADIC

TRADIC Phase One Flyable TRADIC


Computer
18

PROS AND
CONS
WYNCI L. LABARINTO
19

PROS
LET’S REVIEW SOME CONCEPTS
1 2 3
SMALLER MORE RELIABLE ENERGY-EFFICIENT

4 5 6
WIDER ACCURACY BETTER
COMMERCIAL IMPROVED PORTABILITY
USE
20

CONS
LET’S REVIEW SOME CONCEPTS
1 2 3
COOLING COSTLY AND NOT COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION
SYSTEM VERSATILE WAS DIFFICULT
REQUIRED
4 5
ONLY USED FOR PUNCH CARDS
SPECIFIC WERE USED FOR
PURPOSE INPUT
21

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