Making Silicon Valley : innovation and the growth of high tech, 1930-1970 / Christophe Lecuyer
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TextPublication details: London : MIT Press, 2006Description: x, 393p. 23cmISBN: - 0262122812
- Entrepreneurship -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)
- High technology industries -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) -- History -- 20th century
- Microelectronics industry -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) -- History -- 20th century
- Military -- industrial complex -- California -- History -- 20th century
- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.) -- History -- 20th century
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The book 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, it explores the formation of Silicon Valley as an industrial district. Entrepreneurs learned to integrate invention, design, manufacturing, and sales logistics, and they developed incentives to attract and retain a skilled and motivated workforce. The largest Silicon Valley firms t including Eitel-McCullough (Eimac), Litton Industries, Varian Associates, Fairchild Semiconductor, and Intel t dominated the American markets for advanced tubes and semiconductors and, because of their innovations in manufacturing, design, and management, served as models and incubators for other electronics ventures in the area.
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