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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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20 Large Scale Integration
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21 Role of Semiconductor Memories
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22 Role of Microprocessors
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23 – Different Businesses
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A Silicon Valley Legend – Jerry Sanders
David Laws relates how the unconventional but successful Jerry Sanders raised money for the founding of AMD. AMD sold 2nd-source products which were better and more reliable. [Thanks to Francine Bellson for the above description.]