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A comment on Fairchild, Fairchildren, and the Family Tree of Silicon Valley (2016).

Re:Fairchild, Fairchildren, and the Family Tree of Silicon V... by aswanson on Thursday January 16, 2020 @10:32AM (#22065423)
Pushing it back further, Fairchild was born of US DOD demand for military electronics. So, the US military is the founding father of Silicon Valley.
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Re:Fairchild, Fairchildren, and the Family Tree of Silicon V... by joezydeco on Thursday January 16, 2020 @11:49AM (#22066249)
Read or watch Steve Blank's "The Secret History of Silicon Valley"

https://steveblank.com/secret-history/

The Shockley->Fairchild era doesn't get on screen until 54:25.

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