> In fact, it's pretty fair to say, that nearly every standard of living improvement in western countries since roughly 1980 can be attributable to the transist

> In fact, it's pretty fair to say, that nearly every standard of living improvement in western countries since roughly 1980 can be attributable to the transistor. Very interesting statement. Out of cusiosity, is there any way you could back it up e.g. chemical or biological research was not very digital for a long time after the 1980s. Of course, digitization was transformative in the end of the 90s and beginning of the 2000s, and it seems to me that it is just now where we are in that exponential growth of exploiting IC technology. I quickly checked your impressive background, and I guess you have seen a lot of the IC sector in terms of innovation and technology. I believe that you are making a sound call here. At the end, everything is intertwined. Advances in material science go back to IC design and production, and vice versa.