The Rise of Silicon Valley: Shockley Labs to Fairchild

[Recorded Feb 27, 2006]
On February 13, 1956, co-inventor of the transistor William Shockley formally announced the establishment of Shockley Labs, Silicon Valley's first semiconductor company. In their modest Quonset hut laboratory on San Antonio Avenue in Mountain View, California Shockley's hand-picked team of some of the nation's brightest young scientists and engineers developed innovative technologies and ideas that forever changed the way we live, work and play. This lecture celebrates the 50th anniversary of this pivotal event in the history of Silicon Valley. Technology historian Michael Riordan is joined by early Shockley employees and associates Jim Gibbons, Jay Last, Hans Queisser, and Harry Sello in this lecture and panel discussion.
Catalog Number: 102695088
Lot Number: X4923.2009

[@jasonblick2124]

God bless Dr. William Shockley and God bless the American technology sector!

[@theproboscisjunkyard3866]

Shockley was an atheist.

[@cotedazure]

Fascinating discussion! Important history lesson on the origins of the valley!

[@PauloConstantino167]

Rest in peace Shockley. You were a bearer of light.

[@GH-oi2jf]

Shockly is remembered today for his racist views on intelligence in his later life.

[@Beast-xd3bz]

@@GH-oi2jf Jesus was racist too - against the Jews. Will you be denouncing anytime soon?

[@PauloConstantino167]

@@GH-oi2jf Nature is racist. Nature is the most racist. Not only racist but specist too, destroying species that perform poorly. So what?

[@memeburner56]

@@GH-oi2jf What did he say?

[@jjpcondor]

Superb tribute to genius!

[@robertprawendowski2850]

⭐

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[@divyangvaidya9675]

William Shockley damaged his legacy by going into eugenics.

[@memeburner56]

Howso?

[@satioOeinas]

For me, that just makes him even more of an ubermensch. That’s simply your perspective.

[@divyangvaidya9675]

@@memeburner56 Eugenics is basically the study of creating the perfect man by reproducing traits more desirable than others. This eventually led him to be a bigot.

[@aaroncamacho8318]

Lol Silicon Valley