William Shockley's semiconductor research laboratory founded in Mountain View, California in 1956 — which assembled the best solid-state physics talent in the world in the Santa Clara Valley — and from which the Traitorous Eight departed to found Fairchild Semiconductor.
Created Silicon Valley by accident — Shockley recruited the best semiconductor researchers to California, they left to found Fairchild, Fairchild alumni founded Intel, AMD, and dozens of other companies, and the Santa Clara Valley became the technology capital of the world — all because of Shockley's poor management.
Discussing
Ask anything about Shockley Labs — their ideas, influences, contradictions, legacy.
Sign in to start a conversation.