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by throw0101a 31 days ago
> You started with logic gates. How much EE did you do, or the actual physics that makes the transistor possible?

As someone with an EE degree, in first year studies we had physics classes on quantum topics that talked about electron tunnelling and its applicability to transistors:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_physics