VideoThe new American Experience documentary 'Silicon Valley' looks at the 'Traitorous Eight,' who left Shockley to form Fairchild Semiconductor and give birth to today's Silicon Valley.

NO TYPE ON PHOTO, NO CROP, NO SHARING, NO WEB, NO ARCHIVE.USA. 1960. The Fairchild/Shockley 8, who left the lab of Nobel Prize winner William Shockley to form Silicon Valley’s first start-up ...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — When eight daring men decided in 1957 to leave their jobs en masse at Shockley Semiconductor and start their own company, there wasn’t really a venture-capital ...

The eight founders of Fairchild Semiconductor pose shortly after starting their company in the fall of 1957. ... C. Sheldon Roberts and Jay Last.Story is about the history of Silicon Valley, ...

Fairchild Semiconductor's eight founders imbued the company with a corporate culture that today might be called "quintessential Silicon Valley": open communications, laissez-faire management ...

Fairchild Semiconductor fulfills its IBM contract order for 100 silicon transistors, priced at $150 each, 30 times the going rate for the less-sturdy standard germanium transistor.

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) SAN JOSE — Fairchild Semiconductor, which pioneered the integrated ...

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Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc., one of the chip industry's founding companies, moved its corporate headquarters back to Silicon Valley to draw from a deeper well of technology ...

Fairchild Semiconductor, a major force in giving Silicon Valley its name, has endured an exile of sorts in Maine since 1997. Now the chip maker has returned to its home turf, with a product line ...

The Fairchild/Shockley 8, who left the lab of Nobel Prize winner William Shockley to form Silicon Valley's first start-up, Fairchild Semiconductor. From left to right: Gordon MOORE, C. Sheldon ROBERTS ...