Description |
1 videodisc (ca. 90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
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video v rdamedia |
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videodisc vd rdacarrier |
System Details |
DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen. |
Audience |
Not rated. |
Performer |
Narrator, Michael Murphy. |
Language |
In English with optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Jon Else. ; music, John Kusiak, P. Andrew Willis ; story by Randall MacLowry. |
Contents |
The birth of Silicon Valley -- Shockley Semiconductor -- The traitorous eight -- The space race -- Mass producing a reliable product -- The integrated circuit -- Fairchild increase competition -- Fairchildren splinters -- Intel and the microprocessor. |
Note |
Originally broadcast as an episode of American Experience in 2013. |
Summary |
Led by physicist Robert Noyce, Fairchild Semiconductor began as a start-up company whose radical innovations would help make the United States a leader in both space exploration and the personal computer revolution, changing the way the world works, plays, and communicates. Noyce's invention of the microchip ultimately re-shaped the future, launching the world into the Information Age. |
Subject |
Fairchild (Firm) -- History.
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Noyce, Robert N. (Robert Norton), 1927-1990.
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Microelectronics industry -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) -- History.
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Computer industry -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) -- History.
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High technology industries -- California -- Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) -- History.
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Genre/Form |
Historical television programs.
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Documentary television programs.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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Television programs -- United States.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Added Author |
MacLowry, Randall. Producer. Screenwriter. Director.
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Strain, Tracy Heather. Producer.
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Ferrari, Michelle. Screenwriter.
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Kusiak, John.
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Willis, P. Andrew.
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PBS Distribution (Firm)
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Film Posse (Firm)
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American Experience Films.
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WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
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Note |
Subtitle from container and disc menu: Where the future was born. |
Added Title |
American experience (Television program)
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ISBN |
9781608838363 |
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1608838366 |
Standard No. |
841887018395 |
Music No. |
SILC601 American Experience |
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