Muhammad Atalla

Muhammad Atalla is named in 真正改变世界的技术，为什么一开始都不被看好？| S10E16 as one of the Bell Labs researchers associated with the early [[MOSFET|MOS transistor]]. The source uses his work with Dawon Kahng / 姜大元 to show how a technology can be technically important before an incumbent organization sees a matching business need.

In the episode’s interpretation, the MOS route was not immediately attractive because it was unstable and slow compared with [[BipolarJunctionTransistor|BJT]] devices. Its later importance came from being cheaper, smaller, and better suited to integration.

Connections

• Dawon Kahng / 姜大元 - co-inventor named alongside Atalla in the source.
• Bell Labs, MOSFET / MOS Transistor, and Bipolar Junction Transistor - research and incumbent-technology context.
• Disruptive Innovation - adoption pattern illustrated by MOS in the episode.