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Moore's law : the life of Gordon Moore, Silicon Valley's quiet revolutionary /

"Our world today-from the phone in your pocket to the car that you drive, the allure of social media to the strategy of the Pentagon-has been shaped irrevocably by the technology of silicon transistors. Year after year, for half a century, these tiny switches have enabled ever-more startling ca...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thackray, Arnold, 1939-
Otros Autores: Brock, David C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Basic Books, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Moores of Pescadero. Into the unknown ; Boom years and family senescence ; Pescadero pastorale
  • The chemistry of romance. Out of the back woods ; Boy meets girl
  • Chemical apprentice. Berkeley and the big game ; Two's company
  • Science, Shockley, and silicon. Cold War ; Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory ; Where there's a will ...
  • Launch. Start-up ; Thinking big
  • Emerging realities. Setting a frame ; Learning to lead ; The microchip
  • The invention of Intel. Always in a hurry ; Into production ; A going concern
  • The real revolution. Silicon Valley, USA ; The revolution takes hold
  • The great cost-reduction machine. Settling in ; Challenges, changes, continuities
  • Revolution, Sturm und Drang. Rising waves ; From memory to microprocessors and Microsoft
  • Onward and outward. Chairman of the board ; Chairman emeritus ; Public, private, philanthropic
  • Coda. A legacy aborning.