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Eli Harari’s Time at Intel
Eli Harari looks back at his time at Intel, including a very significant conversation with Andy Grove.
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Silicon Valley Semiconductor History Panel Opening Remarks
The entire presentation will play in the following video player. To go to the links to individual segments from that evening, go to this link https://www.viodi.tv/category/history-2/ieee-2/the-early-years-of-semiconductors-in-silicon-valley/ Alan introduces the four semiconductor panelists with their impeccable credentials. Clarification: David Laws is the Semiconductor Curator at the Computer History Museum. He is also a very well-respected author…
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Ted Hoff Discusses the Early Days of the IC Business
Ted Hoff explains why 1959 was a key year for semiconductors. The Planar Process, invented by Jean Hoerni, produced gradients that made for faster transistors (switching) and better base thickness control. David Laws adds that the planar process saved Fairchild in more ways than one as they had trouble with the earlier Mesa transistors. It…
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Impact of Silicon
Minicomputers moved silicon devices from military to primarily consumer applications. Ted Hoff talks about the early days and why Silicon was used rather than Germanium. MOS processes were reliable and stable and enabled a reliable framework for future semiconductor devices. Thanks Tom Coughlin for the description.
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22 Role of Microprocessors
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33 – Moore’s Law