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Re:Why wasn't the steam engine invented earlier? Part II by caymanjim on Friday July 15, 2022 @09:04AM (#32107716)
Why did you think that? We didn't have transistors until the 1960s.
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Re:Why wasn't the steam engine invented earlier? Part II by JoeAltmaier on Friday July 15, 2022 @09:19AM (#32107860)
Well, integrated circuits started as just 'more than one component' on the same device. So a sensor and a switch perhaps. Or a resistor network. Etc. Start there and you rapidly improve (just like it happened later)
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