American Experience  Silicon Valley

Robert Noyce's invention of the microchip launched the world into the Information Age. Details

 

Program: American Experience

Episode: Silicon Valley

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.

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Duration: (1:23:11)
Premiere Date: 02/05/2013
Episode Expires: Fri 05 Feb 2016
TV Rating: NR
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