Transistor

A transistor is a semiconductor device used to amplify or switch electrical signals and power. The transistor is one of the basic building blocks of modern electronics, as the foundation of integrated circuits and then chipsets. 
In the Fallout series, one of the aspects of the divergence is the fact that transistors did not became as popular, with vacuum tubes continuing to be the dominant building block of electronics into the 21st century, and the term "chip" typically (but not always) refers to processing units using vacuum tubes, such as the water chip.
==Usage==
* The platinum chip is an incredibly sophisticated piece of technology using integrated circuits, originally printed at Sunnyvale, CA, on the eve of the Great War. It combined the functions of an electronic key and storage device, containing upgrade data for Robert House's Securitron army and operating software of the Lucky 38.Robert House: " Decades of hiring salvagers out west to search for this little in the ruins of a place called Sunnyvale. Back then, anyway. That's where the Chip was printed, on October 22, 2077. It was to have been hand-delivered to me here, at the Lucky 38, the next day. But the bombs fell first. Suffice it to say, the delivery was never made."(Robert House's dialogue) 
* The fuel cell regulator used in electric cars like the Chryslus Highwayman uses integrated circuits in its chipset.The Chosen One: "{201}{}{Do you have a battery that I could use to fix a car?}"Skeeter: "{120}{}{Funny you should ask that. Ya see, cars use replaceable fuel cells, or batteries, for fuel. What usually broke down was the Fuel Cell Controller. Most amateur mechanics jist assume that it’s the battery itself. But you know what ass-uming things does, dontcha?}"The Chosen One: "{122}{}{So does that mean you have a Fuel Cell Controller?}"Skeeter: "{140}{}{Yep. Sure do. Got it right here. Jist waitin’ fer a car to be put into. You got a car?}"The Chosen One: "{142}{}{I might have one. Maybe I just like old chipsets. How much for the Fuel Cell Controller?}"(GCSKEETR.MSG)
* Mister Handy units use transistors for basic operations.Fallout 3 message box transcription: "You remove every transistor related to "basic operations." This robot will never be fixed now." Memory transistors are also essential for the proper functioning of these robots.The events of escort Event: The Messenger in Fallout 76.
* Slave collars use transistors. Tweaking them permits disarming them.Slavers Escort (MS13RemoveCollar):Lone Wanderer: "Okay. I see how this thing works. I just need to tweak this transistor here..."Slave: "I'm alive! You did it!" Their integrated circuit architecture was notoriously messy.Little Yangtze terminal entries; Little Yangtze log terminal, Elijah's Journal - Day 2
* Jack Cabot utilized new transistors to create a portable version of the Abremalin field generator in 2023.Cabot House terminal entries; terminal, 09/05/2023
* Transistor radios were popular before the Great War.Quinlan: ""The Sole Survivor: "He'll be missed."Quinlan: " "(Quinlan's dialogue)Listening Post Bravo terminal entries; monitoring terminal, LP Bravo Monitoring Report 010 General Atomics BS7 transistor radio was an example of a commercial-grade radio.Scoot's shack terminal entries; terminal, Ghost Field Research #1
* Hologram emitters use integrated circuits to function.Villa Clinic terminal entries; clinic security terminal, Hologram: Hologram Emitters 5.0
* Big MT used integrated circuits for various experimental circuits, such as IFF systems in the X-13 research facility laser emitters.X-13 research facility terminal entries; technician terminal, Test Observations Doctor Mobius also used them extensively for various Sink appliances, including the light switches,The Courier: "Sounds like there's some bad blood between you. Or, um, circuits."Light Switch 02: "That bitch. She thinks she's so much better than everybody just because her processors are bigger. Ooh, she makes me so mad!"(Light Switch 02's dialogue) the water tap,The Courier: "I just came over to fill some of these empty bottles."Sink: " You'd have to find a replacement for that module."(Sink's dialogue) the Biological research station,Old World Blues endings; Biological Research Station: "" and even used memory transistors in the Brain Tank robobrain chassis.The Courier: "What was the plan you had?"Mobius: "Something ingenious and needlessly complicated, I expect. I may have already told you and forgotten it. I forgot I had forgotten pencils until one day I found one. Spent days studying its purpose before my memory circuit kicked in. Felt quiet silly."(Mobius' dialogue)
* Duraframe eyebots use printed circuit boards,Lonesome Road endings; ED-E: "" especially for upgrades.Eyebot upgrade circuit board
* Scrap electronics include printed circuit boards with integrated circuits using transistors.Item model and texture.
===Demo===
* The personal computer found in the Crypts' gang house uses transistors and requires popping in a chip to make it work.Computer: "{100}{}{This is a badly worn-out desk with a dusty, cracked computer seated precariously atop it.}""{101}{}{You plug a loose chip back in and surprisingly the monitor lights up.}""{102}{}{Many circuits are fried from an EMP burst.}"
===Non-canon===
* In Fallout Tactics, the Reavers worship transistors.Reaver: "For the glory of the transistor. Wait! Is this transistor reverse biased?"(Reaver's dialogue)
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