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If the integrated circuit in some kind of device has 5,000 transistors on it, then

before integrated circuits were available, the same function might have been

performed by 100 individual transistors. And before transistors were available, the

same function might have been performed by 30 vacuum tubes, a fan and air system

to keep them cool, and a large power system to operate the tubes and the cooler.

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Vaccume tubes were generally used before transistors..

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Does a refrigerator have transistors?

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