Silicon Valley: where the future was born

The birth of Silicon Valley -- Shockley Semiconductor -- The traitorous eight -- The space race -- Mass producing a reliable product -- The integrated circuit -- Fairchild increase competition -- Fairchildren splinters -- Intel and the microprocessor

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Other Authors: Maclowry, Randall (Producer), Murphy, Michael 1938- (Narrator), Else, Jon 1944- (Videographer)
Format: Video DVD Software
Language:English
Published: [s.l.] PBS Distribution 2013
Series:American experience
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Summary:The birth of Silicon Valley -- Shockley Semiconductor -- The traitorous eight -- The space race -- Mass producing a reliable product -- The integrated circuit -- Fairchild increase competition -- Fairchildren splinters -- Intel and the microprocessor
Led by physicist Robert Noyce, Fairchild Semiconductor began as a start-up company whose radical innovations would help make the United States a leader in both space exploration and the personal computer revolution, changing the way the world works, plays, and communicates. Noyce's invention of the microchip ultimately re-shaped the future, launching the world into the Information Age
Item Description:Dokumentarfilm. USA. 2013
Physical Description:1 DVD-Videos (ca. 90 Min.) Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, widescreen 12 cm
ISBN:9781608838363

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