News and Events

The Andrew S. Grove Speeches are now available for use.

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VIDEO FROM THE FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR 50TH ANNIVERSARY PANEL AVAILABLE SOON

On October 4, Julius Blank, Jay Last, Gordon Moore, and Arthur Rock -- three Fairchild Semiconductor founders and the venture capitalist who backed them -- discussed the firm's early years and its significance in a panel discussion moderated by Leslie Berlin of the Silicon Valley Archives at Stanford University.  Stanford University President John Hennessy introduced the panel, which was co-sponsored by Stanford Libraries and the Bill Lane Center for the Study of the North American West.
A transcript of the panel is available here.

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Video of the "From Counterculture to Cyberculture: The Legacy of the Whole Earth Catalog" panel with Stewart Brand, Kevin Kelly, and Howard Rheingold, will soon be available.. This panel, moderated by Fred Turner, author of From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand and the Whole Earth Catalog, was held on November 9, 2006.

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New oral histories of Silicon Valley pioneers added to the Silicon Genesis project..

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The Robert Noyce Papers are now available for use.

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Video of the "Legacy of Shockley Semiconductor" panel with Gordon Moore, Jay Last, Julius Blank, and Jim Gibbons, will be available soon. This panel, held September 27, 2005, marked the 50th anniversary of the Shockley Lab.


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