IC Timeline | The Chip History Center

Summary : IC Timeline a special presentation of The Chip History Center.

A special presentation of

The Chip History Center

Silicon Valley Genealog ...

AMD's and Intel's can be traced back to Fairchild and Shockley Transistor with this genealogy of semiconductor start-ups in Silicon Valley. The poster was created by SEMI poster. It shows the history of semicon ... See more

Tencor at 20 Years

Tencor (later evolved to be KLA - Tencor) is in the bedrock of the semiconductor equipment industry. It developed many products that were essential to chip manufacturing. Some are still made today. ... See more

The invention of the IC ...

23 Jan 1958

The History of the invention of the Integrated Circuit. Why it wasn't so predictable. Corporate culture played no small part in influencing how a small west coast start-up named Fairchild and a company that mad ... See more

Reminiscences from SEMI ...

15 Jul 1971

The industry was in its childhood? When two or three SEMICON trade shows covered the entire world? ... See more

John Bardeen and Transi ...

25 Apr 2007

John Bardeen and Transistor Physics by Howard R. Huff, International SEMATECH ... See more

40 Years Of Moore's Law

06 Jun 2005

Historical perspective on Moore’s Law and its affects on everyday life and economic growth for the world as a whole from the fruits brought by semiconductor technology through a 2005 lens. ... See more

SRC 25th Anniversary

01 Jun 2007

The history and accomplishments of the Semiconductor Research Corporation ... See more

SEMATECH - An Oral Hist ...

16 Jun 1992

An interview with Dave Anderson ... See more

Semiconductor Diffusion ...

There are three market segments of the diffusion/oxidation equipment industry. They are diffusion, high pressure oxidation and rapid thermal processing, as depicted in Figure 4.4.0-1. ... See more

Process Diagnostics - D ...

Process diagnostic equipment is critical to semiconductor manufacture. Though this equipment is not used to directly manufacture devices, it serves to verify consistent and in-control manufacturing processes. ... See more