"The first design used 8 transistors" This gave me a chuckle. I remember long ago, I read the very first Iron Man comic somewhere. I believe his repulsor blast

"The first design used 8 transistors" This gave me a chuckle. I remember long ago, I read the very first Iron Man comic somewhere. I believe his repulsor blasts were powered by the newfangled and exotic "transistor" technology, with each gauntlet having something like 3 a piece.