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A germanium crystal grows in a glowing vat, and is pulled out. CU on a junction transistor. CU on an alloy transistor. A man manufactures an allow transistor while looking through a microscope. ECU on a liquid dissolving on a transistor. A pointed robotic arm makes wire connections on a diffused base transistor. Water bubbles inside a glass encasement, and a woman looks through a microscope as she works on a microprocessor wafer. A group of modern transistors standing in black sand. Experiment shows a match flame can power an oscillator through a transistor. A cabinet full of mother boards opens. Inventors of the transistor receive the Nobel Prize in science at a ceremony.