It took a while for the transistor to establish itself. Invented in 1947, by 1952 there were only eight manufacturers. In 1953 there were 15. In 1956 there were 26. The reason for the slow take-up was the stickiness of vacuum tubes. Between 1954 and 1956 17 million germanium transistors and 11 million silicon transistors ...
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from Electronics Weekly https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/mannerisms/yarns/500284-2017-06/
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