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Jun 7, 2006 · As an entrepreneur, he had brought the first semiconductor company to Silicon Valley. His death would have been mourned as a tragically early end to a brilliant career.
Well known as the most important figure in semiconductor physics, Shockley was able to recruit top physicists, chemists, metallurgists, and electrical engineers to his new company. To his consternation, eight dissidents left to found Fairchild Semiconductor on September 19, 1957.
Sep 30, 2024 · Driven by frustration with Shockley's erratic management style and a burning desire to focus on silicon-based semiconductors, these eight men embarked on a journey that would redefine the tech...
Feb 5, 2013 · As the documentary unfolds, we learn of the frustrations and limitations the eight felt under William Shockley, who invented the transistor and won a Nobel Prize for his work. At Fairchild,...
Aug 9, 2006 · After several years searching for an alternative career, Shockley finally left Bell Labs in 1956, returning to California to start the Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory, with financial...
- Paul Grant
- 2006
Aug 25, 2024 · Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory, later known as Shockley Transistor Corporation, was a pioneering semiconductor developer founded by William Shockley, and funded by Beckman Instruments, Inc., in 1955.
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Feb 10, 2016 · By 1954 Shockley’s junction transistor had become the mainstay of the young industry, diffusion processing techniques were raising device performance and predictability, and the first silicon transistors had appeared at Bell Labs and Texas Instruments (TI).
