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 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 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.