Technology Student
Technology Student: Computer Control
This site describes and illustrates the most common hardware components found in a computer.
PBS
Pbs: Transistorized!
This site provides a tour of the discovery and development of the transistor form PBS, including video and lesson plans.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Transistor
This site from the Nobel Foundation provides detailed information on how the transistor works. The site provides illustrations and animations to help clarify the concepts presented.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The History of the Integrated Circuit
A detailed, in-depth history of the Integrated Circuit is provided at this site. The information is complete with biographical information, general history, series of steps, pictures, and additional links.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Jack Kilby
The integrated circuit fueled the rise of microelectronics in the latter half of the twentieth century and paved the way for the Information Age. An American engineer, Jack Kilby, invented the integrated circuit in 1958, shortly after he...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Many Paths
Learners explore the composition and practical application of parallel circuitry, compared to series circuitry. Students design and build parallel circuits and investigate their characteristics, and apply Ohm's law.
History of Computing Science
History of Computing Science: Technology Advances
The transistor and the integrated circuit were two inventions that fueled the technology explosion. This lecture presents a brief discussion of these two inventions.