Timeline

February 13, 1910:

William Shockley is born

1936:

Shockley graduates MIT and is offered a job at Bell Laboratories

1939:

He has the idea to use semi-conducting material such as silicon to conduct electricity and replace vacuum tubes.

1939:

He hires Walter Brattain and to help him create the first transistor

1945:

He hires John Bardeen to help to assist him and Brattain

1947:

The first transistor is created by Walter Brattain and John Bardeen

1948:

Shockley comes up with the idea for an improved version of the transistor

1948:

He announces his findings to a room of Bell Labs scientists

1948:

He leaves Bell Labs to start Shockley Semi-conductor

1957:

The Traitorous Eight leave Shockley Semi-conductor to start Fairchild Semi-conductor

August 12, 1989:
William Shockley dies at age 79