History of the Integrated Circuit : interview on 30 cassette tapes, 1986

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Title:: History of the Integrated Circuit: interviews on 30 cassette tapes,
Dates:: 1986
Creators:: Rostky, George
Extent:: 1 linear ft. (30 tapes)
Language:: English.
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item] History of the Integrated Circuit: interviews on 30 cassette tapes, M0851, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Scope and content:: The most important individuals featured in the article were Jack Kilby and Bob Noyce. The Supreme Court judged them to be co-inventors of the integrated circuit. Kilby was at Texas Instruments, Noyce was at Fairchild, a company he had cofounded. He was later a cofounder with Gordon Moore of Intel.
Biographical / historical:: Rostky's article, "The 30th Anniversary of the Integrated Circuit," appeared in the September 1988 issue of ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING TIMES. The article was a bit longer than 37,000 words. It was based on interviews with 100 pioneers of the integrated circuit (IC) revolution, and traced the evolution of the integrated circuit from technological, corporate business and personal perspectives. Most of the early pioneers were known to the author, who conducted almost every interview.
Custodial history:: Gift of George Rostky, 1996

Collection Guide Author:: Processed by Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by C. Del Anderson
Date Prepared:: © 1998
Date Encoded:: Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word.. Date of source: ca. 1996.

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Preferred citation:: [Identification of item] History of the Integrated Circuit: interviews on 30 cassette tapes, M0851, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Location of this collection:: Stanford University, Manuscripts Division

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Stanford, CA 94305-6004, US