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Why Did TTL Win?
Laws and Marren agree – In one word, “Price” TI figured out how to make a high volume low-cost package so with its 1964 5400 series and then the 1966 7400 series TTL went on to dominate the logic industry.in spite of some technical issues. [Thanks to Tom Gardner for the above description.]
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What About Analog Applications?
Alan asked the panelists to comment on the status of analog ICs in the 1962-68 time period. Bernie said that Bob Wilder of Fairchild solved a problem for Zenith TVs by designing a solid state chroma demodulator that looked like a vacuum tube. David said that Wilder’s operational amplifier (“op-amp”), which was incrementally improved over…
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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.]
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AMI
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Overview of the Silicon Valley History Archives at Stanford
Alan’s opening remarks introduces the program -a perspective of Stanford’s Silicon Valley Archives – and provides background information on the IEEE Silicon Valley History committee. Two quotes from Leslie Berlin’s book on Bob Noyce sets the stage for revealing the technology history of Silicon Valley. Note: The complete 1.5 hour panel discussion can be viewed in…
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Silicon Valley Archive Highlights
Leslie Berlin and Henry Lowood provide highlights of the Silicon Valley Archive project at Stanford.
