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.
Few inventions have proven to be as the integrated circuit....
1961: First Monolithic Silicon IC Chip. Invented by Robert Noyce, Fairchild
A conversation with Robert N. Noyce and Karel Urbanek
Today the company is known as Verigy and they are considered a powerhouse of semiconductor Automatic Test Equipment ...
Andy Grove talks at IMEC 2004 - the Intel Manufacturing Excellence Conference - about the history of manufacturing ...
Though not the first step & scan system—that honor goes to Perkin Elmer—this unit was the second step & scan sy ...
Alex describes the second phase of Teradyne history and how they built the company into an industry giant.
Canon - FPA-3000 EX4 Aligner :1990s
Nikon Step-and_Repeat Systems NSR-205i10c/i9c
This photo shows a descendant of the first Concept One, almost a decade after its original development as a convent ...
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Not the first such system, but near the first.
This logic tester represented another early attempt at capturing the automatic test equipment market.
1961: First Monolithic Silicon IC Chip. Invented by Robert Noyce, Fairchild
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MX-17 LSI Test System by Adar Associates, Inc...
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The system that built the company.
A Presentation Draft of The First Wafer Fab Cost Optimization Model1980
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A conversation with Robert N. Noyce and Karel Urbanek
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The history and accomplishments of the Semiconductor Research Corporation
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Charlie Sporck reflects back on what he learned over the years, offering his adv ...
Jim Morgan talks about the early days of Applied Materials; how he brought focus ...
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Jim Bowen talks about how he took Fairchild Test Systems Group from a money lose ...
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Watch circuit test system 193A
Takeda Riken – Excerpt from 1983 Annual Report :1983s
Advantest - 50th Anniversary :2004s
Applied Materials - AMS 2000 Silox Reactor :1970s
Advantest - T3342 VLSI Test System :1985-89
Advantest - Excerpt from 1986 Annual Report :1986s
Applied Materials - Precision Etch 8300 :1985-89 - The extension of the blockbuster that remapped the etch market.
Applied Materials - Nitrox AMN-710 :1960s - Improved yields by sealing oxide pin holes.
The LS22 Series of large substrate spinners is designed for versatility, ease of use and safety in a variety of manual a ...
Takeda Riken - Article 1982 :1982s
Microprocessors are essential to many of the products we use every day such as televisions, cars, radios, home appliance ...
Moore’s Law has morphed into many things over its life. But what is it … Rea ...
How We Do It . . .
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