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SILICON VALLEY: 110 Year Renaissance

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SV110Black.jpgThe purpose of this book is to collect and pass on to future generations an understanding of how the Silicon Valley phenomenon came to be. Dozens of high technology founders and inventors provide personal perspective throughout the pages. Fifty of Silicon Valley's most important high technology companies are profiled.  

Publication Date: 2008 
Authors: McLaughlin, Weimers & Winslow 
Page Count: 196 pages 
ISBN: 096492174X
Format: PDF/Digital

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Introduction 
• Chapter 1: The Making of Silicon Valley 
• Silicon Valley Achievements 
• Chapter 2: Leland Stanford 
• Abbott History 
• Getting the Money to Start 
• Chapter 3: Wireless Radio 
• O.C. McDonald History 
• Chapter 4: Federal Telegraph 
• Cornish & Carey Commercial History 
• Chapter 5: The Great Depression 
• Hewlett-Packard Company History 
• Opportunity Knocks 
• Chapter 6: World War II 
• SRI International History 
• Chapter 7: Postwar Era 
• Varian Medical Systems History 
• Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley History 
• Chapter 8: Peninsula Electronics 
• National Semiconductor History 
• Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati History
• Chapter 9: Fairchild/Traitorous Eight 
• Vishay Siliconix History 
• Chapter 10: Silicon Valley in the 1960s 
• Applied Materials History 
• Intel Corporation History 
• LSI Corporation History 
• AMD History 
• Chapter 11: An Era of Discovery 
• Chapter 12: Personal Computer 
• Apple Computer History 
• KLA-Tencor Corporation History 
• Oracle Corporation History 
• Chapter 13: Microcomputers 
• Lam Research Corporation History 
• Linear Technology History 
• MIPS Technologies History 
• Adobe Systems History 
• E*Trade Financial History 
• Sun Microsystems History 
• Symantec Corporation History 
• Komag Incorporated History 
• Genentech History 
• Maxim Integrated Products History 
• Zoran Corporation History 
• IXYS Corporation History 
• Atmel Corporation History 
• Cisco Systems History 
• PMC - Sierra, Inc. History 
• Xilinx, Inc. History 
• Chapter 14: Silicon Valley (1985 to 1987) 
• McAfee, Inc. History 
• SanDisk Corporation History 
• Chapter 15: Networking Emerges 
• Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. History 
• NVIDIA History 
• Rambus, Inc. History 
• Fear of Failure 
• Chapter 16: Downsizing, & Restructuring 
• Chapter 17: Surfing on the Internet 
• NXP Semiconductors History 
• Chapter 18: Vintage Year in Silicon Valley 
• CPI, Inc. History 
• Yahoo! Inc. History 
• eBay Inc. History 
• Chapter 19: The Sky's the Limit 
• Ariba, Inc. History 
• Covad Communications Group History 
• The Thrill of Discovery 
• Palm, Inc. History 
• Google History 
• Tyco Electronics History 
• Cypress Semiconductor Corp. History 
• A Look into the Future 
• Chapter 20: The Bubble Bursts 
• BAE Systems History 
• Chapter 21: The Road Back 
• ProAerialVideo.com History 
• Chapter 22: Peering Into the Future