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Company · founded 1957

Fairchild Semiconductor

United StatesElectricalComputing & IT

About

A pioneering Silicon Valley semiconductor company founded by the 'traitorous eight'.

Role in innovation

Where Robert Noyce and colleagues developed the planar process and the monolithic silicon integrated circuit that the industry adopted.

Associated inventions

Sources & further reading

Each citation names the publisher and the exact reference title.

  • Computer History Museum — exhibits & timelineComputer History Museum · Museum
  • Engineering and Technology History Wiki (ETHW)IEEE / United Engineering Foundation · Professional body

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