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Partially recorded in the part of California, US, known as Silicon Valley, this programme tells the first part of the history of microelectronics. Three of the major world figures in the developmen...t of silicon integrated circuits tell the story from their perspective, in interviews recorded exclusively for the series: Geoff Dummer, the UK electronics engineer who forecast 'solid circuits' in a landmark paper in 1952; Jack Kilby (recorded from Dallas Texas) who was the first to make a silicon circuit, in 1958; Gordon Moore, the co-founder of the Intel corporation in 1968, makers of the first micro-processors, and one of the founding fathers of the micro-electronics industry.
Partially recorded in the part of California, US, known as Silicon Valley, this programme tells the first part of the history of microelectronics. Three of the major world figures in the developmen...t of silicon integrated circuits tell the story from their perspective, in interviews recorded exclusively for the series: Geoff Dummer, the UK electronics engineer who forecast 'solid circuits' in a landmark paper in 1952; Jack Kilby (recorded from Dallas Texas) who was the first to make a silicon circuit, in 1958; Gordon Moore, the co-founder of the Intel corporation in 1968, makers of the first micro-processors, and one of the founding fathers of the micro-electronics industry.
| Series: | Technology Faculty Radio; Series 1 |
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| Episode | 6 |
| First transmission date: | 1996-09-22 |
| Original broadcast channel: | Radio 4 LW |
| Published: | 1996 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OUDA web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:28:58 |
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| Producer: | Philip Ashby |
| Contributors: | Geoff Dummer; Jack Kilby; Gordon Moore |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Integrated circuits; Microelectronics; Silicon chip |
| Master spool number: | 95YT0370 |
| Production number: | T006_06 |
| Available to public: | no |
