> Faster I was thinking since the early days of the transistor, which really began around 1947/48. Or even since the beginning of the microprocessor era. Let

> Faster I was thinking since the early days of the transistor, which really began around 1947/48. Or even since the beginning of the microprocessor era. Let's just say it would be hard to make a modern CPU with discrete transistors. Or vacuum tubes. Or relays.