1959
•  Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments and Robert Noyce of Fairchild Semiconductors separately invent the integrated circuit.
•  The first Xerox copier introduced.
•  The consumer alkaline battery invented.

1958
•  Stereo records and phonographs introduced.
•  First consumer stereo headphones become available.
•  The FCC creates the Citizens Band (CB) radio service.
•  Modems introduced.

1957
•  The Radio Electronics Television Manufacturers Association changes its name to the Electronic Industries Association (EIA).

1956
•  The black-and-white portable TV era begins.
•  Ampex introduces the commercial videotape recorder.
•  The first transatlantic telephone cable operational.
•  The computer hard drive developed.
•  The acoustic-suspension loudspeaker invented.
•  The first transistorized stereo receiver comes on the market.

1955
•  Narinder Kapany introduces optical fiber.
•  Bell Labs builds the first transistorized computer.

1954
• Color TV broadcasting begins.
•  The first transistor made from silicon developed.
•  The first mass-market transistor "pocket radio" introduced at $49.95.

1953
•  NTSC-compatible color TV successfully demonstrated to the FCC; the FCC authorizes broadcasts to begin January 22, 1954.

1952
•  UHF TV broadcasts authorized.
•  The first transistorized device, a hearing aid, sold.

1951
•  John T.Mullin, working for Bing Crosby’s Labs, demonstrates a magnetic videotape recorder, an altered audio tape recorder.
•  Transcontinental TV inaugurated in the United States.