Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer"This updated edition features interviews with the major players, new chapters, dozens of new photos, and updates throughout that carry the story forward into the Internet era. The authors convey the exciting development of companies such as Apple, Microsoft, Sun, Netscape, Lotus, and Oracle."--BOOK JACKET. |
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... silicon , they also came to be called chips . Building ICs was a complicated and expensive process , and an entire ... Valley . By this time , nearly all semicon- ductors were made of silicon , and soon the area came to be known as Silicon ...
... silicon , they also came to be called chips . Building ICs was a complicated and expensive process , and an entire ... Valley . By this time , nearly all semicon- ductors were made of silicon , and soon the area came to be known as Silicon ...
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... Silicon Valley , many attending Homebrew meetings , some actually sus- pecting the truth : that they were experiencing the birth of something remarkable . They included the irascible Bill Godbout , who hated lawyers ; ex - Berkeley Barb ...
... Silicon Valley , many attending Homebrew meetings , some actually sus- pecting the truth : that they were experiencing the birth of something remarkable . They included the irascible Bill Godbout , who hated lawyers ; ex - Berkeley Barb ...
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... Silicon Valley chip technology . But Osborne quickly gravitated to other issues , and soon wrote muckraking indictments of computer companies . He was partic- ularly critical of the common practice of preannouncing items and then ...
... Silicon Valley chip technology . But Osborne quickly gravitated to other issues , and soon wrote muckraking indictments of computer companies . He was partic- ularly critical of the common practice of preannouncing items and then ...
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Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer Paul Freiberger,Michael Swaine No preview available - 2000 |
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