Complex sentence: The industry preferred Fairchild's invention over Texas Instruments' because the transistors in planar ICs were interconnected by a thinfilm deposit, whereas Texas Instruments' invention required fine wires to connect the individual circuits.
Split into simpler sentences: The industry preferred Fairchild's invention over Texas Instruments' because planar ICs were interconnected by a thinfilm deposit. Whereas, Texas Instruments' invention required fine wires to connect the individual circuits.