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Title |
Making Silicon Valley: Innovation and the Growth of High Tech, 1930-1970 |
Author |
Lécuyer, Christophe |
Summary |
Book, "Making Silicon Valley: Innovation and the Growth of High Tech, 1930-1970" by Christophe Lécuyer. Part of the Inside Technology series published by MIT Press. Hardcover, 408 pages. Summary: "In Making Silicon Valley, Christophe Lécuyer shows that the explosive growth of the personal computer industry in Silicon Valley was the culmination of decades of growth and innovation in the San Francisco-area electronics industry. Using the tools of science and technology studies, he explores the formation of Silicon Valley as an industrial district, from its beginnings as the home of a few radio enterprises that operated in the shadow of RCA and other East Coast firms through its establishment as a center of the electronics industry and a leading producer of power grid tubes, microwave tubes, and semiconductors. He traces the emergence of the innovative practices that made this growth possible by following key groups of engineers and entrepreneurs. He examines the forces outside Silicon Valley that shaped the industry--in particular the effect of military patronage and procurement on the growth of the industry and on the development of technologies--and considers the influence of Stanford University and other local institutions of higher learning." |
Published Date |
2006 |
Publisher |
MIT Press |
Published Place |
Cambridge, MA |
Catalog Number |
2019.126.001 |
ISBN |
0262622114 |
Search Terms |
Aviation Bank of America Eimac Fairchild Semiconductor Hewlett-Packard IBM Intel Kleiner Perkins Klystron Litton Engineering Laboratories Litton Industries Stanford Research Institute Stanford University Transistor Varian Associates Venture Capital |
Subjects |
Atomic bombs Avionics Computer Industry Computers Electronics industry Engineering Integrated circuits--Design and construction Patents Radar Radio industry semiconductors Transistors |
People |
Eitel, William Farnsworth, Philo T. Heintz, Ralph M. Hewlett, William Jobs, Steve Kleiner, Eugene Lamond, Pierre R. Last, Jay Linvill, John Litton, Charles Vincent, Sr. McCarthy, Joseph McCullough, Jack Moore, Gordon Noyce, Robert Packard, David Rock, Arthur Shockley, William Terman, Frederick Valentine, Donald T. Varian, Russell Varian, Sigurd Wozniak, Steve |
Credit line |
SMCHA Collection |