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American experience. Silicon Valley / produced by Randall MacLowry and Tracy Heather Strain.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Noyce, Robert N. (Robert Norton), 1927-1990.
- Noyce, Robert N.
- Fairchild (Firm)--History.
- Fairchild (Firm).
- Computer industry--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)--History.
- Computer industry.
- High technology industries--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)--History.
- High technology industries.
- Microelectronics industry--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)--History.
- Microelectronics industry.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (84 min.)
- Place of Publication:
- Arlington, VA : Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), 2013.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- SILICON VALLEY tells the story of the pioneering scientists who transformed rural Santa Clara County into the hub of technological ingenuity we now know as Silicon Valley. The film spotlights the creativity of the young men who founded Fairchild Semiconductor and in particular the brilliant, charismatic young physicist Robert Noyce. Their radical innovations would include the integrated circuit that helped make the United States a leader in both space exploration and the personal computer revolution, transforming the way the world works, plays and communicates, making possible everything from the Apollo program to smart phones, from pacemakers to microwaves.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed May 22, 2015).
- OCLC:
- 910680395
- Publisher Number:
- ASP2800700/marc
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