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Author Lécuyer, Christophe

Title Makers of the microchip : a documentary history of Fairchild Semiconductor / Christophe Lécuyer, David C. Brock
Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 312 pages) : illustrations
Contents Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Fairchild Semiconductor, Silicon Technology, and Military Computing; 2 Facsimiles and Interpretive Essays; Letter to Hayden Stone & Company; Entries in Personal Notebook, Pages 21, 23, and 246, 11, and 18 November 1957; Entry in Patent Notebook, 1 December 1957; Entry in Personal Notebook, Pages 30-31; Entry in Personal Notebook, Pages 35-37; Entry in Personal Notebook, Pages 47-48; Entry in Personal Notebook, Pages 50-52; Entry in Personal Notebook, Pages 53-57; Entry in Personal Notebook, Pages 63-65; Entry in Personal Notebook, Page 75
Internal Progress Report, 1 May 1958Entry in Personal Notebook, Page 80; Entry in Personal Notebook, Pages 86-90; Entry in Personal Notebook, Page 95; Entry in Personal Notebook, Pages 97-98; Print Advertisement by Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation, 10 August 1958; Entry in Personal Notebook, Pages 99-101; Entry in Personal Notebook, Pages 106-108; Patent Disclosure, 14 January 1959; Patent Disclosure, 20 January 1959; Entry in Patent Notebook, 23 January 1959; Entry in Personal Notebook, Pages 139-141; "New Products Steal the Show," Leadwire, volume 1, number 3
Internal Memorandum, 5 November 1959Leadwire, Volume 1, Number 5; Device Drawing; Entry in Patent Notebook, 23 February 1960; Entry in Patent Notebook, 26 May 1960; Entries in Patent Notebook, 7 August, 31 August, and 13 September 1960; Note on Micrologic Elements; Lecture Notes, 30 September 1960; Company Profile, Solid State Journal, Volume 1, Number 2, September- October 1960; Internal Progress Report, 1 October 1960; Internal Memorandum, 1 December 1961; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary "In the first three and a half years of its existence, Fairchild Semiconductor developed, produced, and marketed the device that would become the fundamental building block of the digital world: the microchip. Founded in 1957 by eight former employees of the Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory, Fairchild created the model for a successful Silicon Valley start-up: intense activity with a common goal, close collaboration, and a quick path to the market (Fairchild's first device hit the market just ten months after the company's founding). Fairchild Semiconductor was one of the first companies financed by venture capital, and its success inspired the establishment of venture capital firms in the San Francisco Bay area. These firms would finance the explosive growth of Silicon Valley over the next several decades. This history of the early years of Fairchild Semiconductor examines the technological, business, and social dynamics behind its innovative products. The centerpiece of the book is a collection of documents, reproduced in facsimile, including the company's first prospectus; ideas, sketches, and plans for the company's products; and a notebook kept by co-founder Jay Last that records problems, schedules, and tasks discussed at weekly meetings. A historical overview, interpretive essays, and an introduction to semiconductor technology in the period accompany these primary documents"--Page 2 of dust cover
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Fairchild (Firm) -- History
Fairchild (Firm) -- Archives
SUBJECT Fairchild (Firm) fast
Subject Semiconductors -- Design and construction -- History
Integrated circuits -- Design and construction -- History
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Corporate & Business History.
Integrated circuits -- Design and construction
Semiconductors -- Design and construction
Mikroprozessor -- Geschichte.
Integrierte Schaltung -- Geschichte.
Fairchild Semiconductor -- Geschichte.
circuit intégré -- fabrication -- Fairchild Semiconductor -- 1957 -- 1961.
semi-conducteur -- technologie -- 1950 -- 1970.
Genre/Form Electronic books
Archives
History
Form Electronic book
Author Brock, David C
ISBN 9780262289566
0262289563