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The Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory was officially announced on February
13, 1956, by Arnold O.computerhistory.

Future phases will feature full museum exhibits including a timeline of
computing history, theme galleries, extensive Web-based exhibits and
collection -related information, expanded education programs, a research
center, and much more.org or call 650 .), Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore,
Tokyo and Washington, D.org.

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To register, visit the CHM website at www.

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Dedicated to exploring the social impact of
computing, the museum is home to the world's largest collection of
computing-related items, spanning from pre-computing objects, to
semiconductors , hardware, software, computer graphics systems, games,
networking, robots, the Internet, and beyond .semi./Superior, Wis., Green Bay, Wis.

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Beckman, founder and CEO of Beckman Instruments, and
William Shockley, Nobel Prize winner and co-inventor of the transistor.

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"The Rise of Silicon Valley: From
Shockley Labs to Fairchild Semiconductor," is presented jointly by the
Computer History Museum and SEMI.

Currently in its first phase, the Museum brings computing history to life
through its popular speaker series, seminars, oral histories, workshops and
Web-based educational resources for students, scholars and the general
public.1010.

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The February 27 event is sponsored by the Semiconductor Industry
Association (SIA), the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and Cypress
Semiconductor Corporation. The Museum also offers self-guided and docent -led tours of Visible
Storage, where nearly 600 objects from the collection are on display,
including such rare objects as the Cray-1 supercomputer, the Apple I, the
WWII ENIGMA, the PalmPilot prototype , and the 1969 Honeywell "Kitchen
Computer.

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Panelist and Fairchild Semiconductorat rear center) were also present. The
venture was established in a former fruit packing shed at 391 San Antonio
Road , Mountain View, as a research division of Beckman Instruments of
Fullerton, California. For more information, visit www.

The new agreement provides wage, benefit and quality of work-life
improvements to 2,600 conductors, assistant conductors, yard service
employees and traffic coordinators.

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The evening presentation is part of the museum's "Computer History Museum
Presents" Speaker Series, an exclusive platform for open, passionate
discussions for presenting the computing revolution and its impact on the
human experience.

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Entry is free for members of the Computer
History Museum; non-members are asked for a $10 donation to the museum.m.

About SEMI

SEMI is a global industry association serving companies that provide
equipment, materials and services used to manufacture semiconductors,
displays , nano-scaled structures, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS)
and related technologies.

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(Click here for details)for the co-invention of the transistor.m. These landmark presentations and panel discussions
present inside stories and personal insights of top information age leaders
from industry, government and academia, and assist the museum in bringing
computing history to life.,
Minneapolis/St.

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The panel
moderator is science historian Michael Riordan, adjunct professor of
physics at the University of California, Santa Cruz and co-author of the
book "Crystal Fire: The Birth of the Information Age. Over the subsequent decades Fairchild spawned scores of
spin-offs that helped create the semiconductor and high-tech industry in
Silicon Valley .
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Panelists include Jim Gibbons, Jay Last, Hans Queisser, and Harry Sello,
scientists who worked at Shockley in the late 1950s and early 1960s and
went on to play leading roles in the semiconductor industry.

Pre-registration is required., with the discussion starting at 7:00
p ." A new exhibit, "Mastering The Game: A History of Computer
Chess," opened in September 2005, providing an exciting, interactive look
at 50 years of innovation and work in computing.810., with
connections to all points in North America.

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The legacy of the
Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory and the origins of the semiconductor
industry in Silicon Valley will be explored in a panel discussion at the
Computer History Museum on February 27. A
member reception begins at 6:00 p.org/events. SEMI maintains offices in Austin, Beijing,
Brussels, Hsinchu, Moscow, San Jose (Calif.

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About the Computer History Museum

The Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, a public benefit
organization, preserves and presents for posterity the artifacts and
stories of the information age. Its growing collection also
includes photos, films, videos, manuals, documents, publications , and
marketing materials.C. Paul, Memphis, St.

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This category lists sites which present the history of an era or region through collections in museums composed of historic artifacts located in North America .

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In September 1957, a group of eight Shockley employees, led by Robert Noyce
and later referred to as the "traitorous eight," resigned to form Fairchild
Semiconductor.computerhistory.

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