no, because before transistors we had vacuum tubes so the functionality of a transistor was well understood and the breakthrough was in size and power consumpti

no, because before transistors we had vacuum tubes so the functionality of a transistor was well understood and the breakthrough was in size and power consumption. the analogy would be more apt if tomorrow I could run ChatGPT 4o, the hosted model, on my wrist watch, and run it indefinitely for pennies.