Very Large Scale Integration - this term started getting used in the 70s when thousands of MOSFETs were integrated together to make one IC. Image from https://www.computerhistory.org/ Some notable dates: WhatWhoWhen First transistorMorris Tanenbaum1954 First ICKilby & Noyce1958 First MOSFETMohamed M. Atalla & Dawon Kahng1959 CMOS inventedFrank Wanlass1963 Intel 4004, 2300 transistorsFederico Faggin1971 6502 CPU with 3510 transistorsMOS technolog y1975 Z80 CPU with 8500 transistorsFederico Fag...
