The story
Eight employees defected from this 'toxic' workplace to found Fairchild Semiconductor, spawning over 400 Silicon Valley companies.
Everything that was here
- 1956–1968
Shockley Semiconductor LaboratoryHistoric Tech Birthplace
Eight employees defected from this 'toxic' workplace to found Fairchild Semiconductor, spawning over 400 Silicon Valley companies.
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