Silicon Valley, [presented by] American Experience Films ; a Film Posse production for American Experience ; produced by Randall MacLowry and Tracy Heather Strain ; a story by Randall MacLowry ; telescript by Randall MacLowry and Michelle Ferrari ; directed and edited by Randall MacLowry ; WGBH
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Label
Silicon Valley, [presented by] American Experience Films ; a Film Posse production for American Experience ; produced by Randall MacLowry and Tracy Heather Strain ; a story by Randall MacLowry ; telescript by Randall MacLowry and Michelle Ferrari ; directed and edited by Randall MacLowry ; WGBH
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Not rated
Main title
Silicon Valley
Medium
videorecording
Oclc number
827338998
Responsibility statement
[presented by] American Experience Films ; a Film Posse production for American Experience ; produced by Randall MacLowry and Tracy Heather Strain ; a story by Randall MacLowry ; telescript by Randall MacLowry and Michelle Ferrari ; directed and edited by Randall MacLowry ; WGBH
Runtime
90
Summary
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
Table Of Contents
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
Technique
live action
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- Documentary television programs
- Fairchild (Firm) -- History
- Historical television programs
- High technology industries -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) -- History
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Noyce, Robert N., Robert Norton, 1927-1990
- Microelectronics industry -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) -- History
- Television programs for the hearing impaired
- Nonfiction television programs
- Computer industry -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) -- History
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- Historical television programs
- High technology industries -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) -- History
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Noyce, Robert N., Robert Norton, 1927-1990
- Microelectronics industry -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) -- History
- Television programs for the hearing impaired
- Nonfiction television programs
- Computer industry -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) -- History
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