Re:The Internet Map
by pirateking on Sunday July 29, 2012 @07:29AM
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William Shockley is a notable contributor to the birth of Silicon Valley (along with many other factors).
"Shockley's attempts to commercialize a new transistor design in the 1950s and 1960s led to California's "Silicon Valley" becoming a hotbed of electronics innovation."[1]
"Shockley's attempts to commercialize a new transistor design in the 1950s and 1960s led to California's "Silicon Valley" becoming a hotbed of electronics innovation."[1]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shockley