Making Silicon Valley: Innovation & the Growth of High Tech, 1930-1970

Description

Contains a history of the practices in the San Francisco-area electronics industry that paved the way for the rise of the computer industry in Silicon Valley. This book shows that the growth of the personal computer industry in Silicon Valley was the culmination of decades of growth and innovation in the San Francisco-area electronics industry.

CONTENTS:

1Defiant West
2Diversification53
3Military Cooperative91
4Revolution in Silicon129
5Opening Up New Markets169
6Miniaturization211
7Valley of Silicon253
Conclusion295
Notes305
Bibliography