The Chip by T.R. Reid
How Two Americans Invented the Microchip and Launched a Revolution
A brisk narrative of the late-1950s race to create the integrated circuit, following parallel breakthroughs by Jack Kilby at Texas Instruments and Robert Noyce at Fairchild Semiconductor, the ensuing patent battles, and the birth of Silicon Valley’s ethos. Blending biography, business history, and clear explanations of semiconductor science, it shows how a tiny slab of silicon set off sweeping changes in computing, defense, and consumer electronics, while revealing the messy, collaborative nature of invention and the legal and economic forces that shaped a technological revolution.
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- Published
- 2001
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- American
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- 272-320
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- English
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