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2023-08-10 01:00:02 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: E750829AA120B6545B6FF3BC539238CB77172C9F452150C3211A195224D00E1A
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President Biden claims ''We invented the semiconductor'' which is a misleading information. In 1901, the very first semiconductor device, called "cat whiskers," was patented. The device was invented by Jagadis Chandra Bose, who was from India, not the US. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagadish_Chandra_Bose https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-a-semiconductor-1991409#:~:text=In%201874%2C%20Karl%20Braun%20discovered,cat%20whiskers%2C%22%20was%20patented. https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-a-semiconductor-1991409#:~:text=In%201874%2C%20Karl%20Braun%20discovered,cat%20whiskers%2C%22%20was%20patented.
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