Semiconductors are to the information age what engines are to the industrial age. Chips are the steam engine, the internal combustion engine, and the fractional horsepower engine rolled up into one. The Chip History Center is dedicated to preserving that history for future generations.
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One of the first commercial high current ion implanters.
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Alex describes the second phase of Teradyne history and how they built the company into an industry giant.
1961: First Monolithic Silicon IC Chip. Invented by Robert Noyce, Fairchild
This photo shows a descendant of the first Concept One, almost a decade after its original development as a convent ...
Though not the first step & scan system—that honor goes to Perkin Elmer—this unit was the second step & scan sy ...
Andy Grove talks at IMEC 2004 - the Intel Manufacturing Excellence Conference - about the history of manufacturing ...
A conversation with Robert N. Noyce and Karel Urbanek
Nikon Step-and_Repeat Systems NSR-205i10c/i9c
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This logic tester represented another early attempt at capturing the automatic test equipment market.
Arguably the best stepper of its day, based on resale values.
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Possibly the only successful high pressure system.
The system that built the company.
Not the first such system, but near the first.
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A conversation with Robert N. Noyce and Karel Urbanek
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A Presentation Draft of The First Wafer Fab Cost Optimization Model1980
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The history and accomplishments of the Semiconductor Research Corporation
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Jim Bowen talks about how he took Fairchild Test Systems Group from a money lose ...
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The LS22 Series of large substrate spinners is designed for versatility, ease of use and safety in a variety of manual a ...
Advantest - Excerpt from 1986 Annual Report :1986s
Takeda Riken – Excerpt from 1983 Annual Report :1983s
Applied Materials - Precision Etch 8300 :1985-89 - The extension of the blockbuster that remapped the etch market.
Applied Materials - AMS 2000 Silox Reactor :1970s
Advantest - 50th Anniversary :2004s
Takeda Riken - Article 1982 :1982s
Advantest - T3342 VLSI Test System :1985-89
Applied Materials - Nitrox AMN-710 :1960s - Improved yields by sealing oxide pin holes.
Watch circuit test system 193A
To help you understand how the microprocessor does its job
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Making chips is about driving machines better than a Formula 1 to their limit.
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