On 23 Apr 2009, at 11:26, cctalk-request at
classiccmp.org wrote:
Stumbled across this today and don't recall it having been mentioned
on the list before.
"Welcome to Silicon Genesis, a unique collection of oral history
interviews with pioneers of the semiconductor industry. For access
to streamed versions of the videotaped interviews, see the
complete listing of interviews."
<http://silicongenesis.stanford.edu/complete_listing.html>
Too modern for me, my classic semiconductors are Germanium :-)
Perhaps they allow the relay/valve/germanium generation (which does NOT
include me by the way) to contribute too.
Michael Riordan (Crystal Fire) may be more appropriate for your interests.
The people mentioned seem appropriate for something called "Silicon Genesis"
though it probably should have said pioneers "in" the semiconductor industry
and not "of". There clearly was a semiconductor industry elsewhere before
Shockley and Fairchild.
People in "Silicon Valley" have an unfortunate habit of discounting technology
that was was created before there was a "Silicon Valley".
goes back a bit farther.
There is an active group at CHM working on documenting semiconductor history.