1. See the following Web sites: PBS, “The First Silicon Transistor.”
http://www.pbs.org
/transistor/science/events/silicontl.html (accessed September 2002); and Texas Instruments, “History of Innovation.”
http://www.ti.com
(accessed September 2002 )
2. See the Web site at Intel on “Moore’s Law.”
http://www.intel.com
/research/silicon/mooreslaw.htm (accessed September 2002), and on “Silicon Showcase: Breaking Barriers to Moore’s Law.”
http://www.intel.com
/research (accessed September 2002)
3. IEE/INSPEC science and engineering database home page.
http://www.iee.org
/publish/inspec (accessed September 2002)
4. P.A.M. Dirac: Proc. R. Soc. London 123, 714 (1929)
5. M. Born, J.R. Oppenheimer: Ann. Phys. 84, 457 (1927)