In Making Silicon Valley, Christophe Lecuyer shows that the
explosive growth of the personal computer industry in Silicon
Valley was the culmination of decades of growth and innovation in
the San Francisco-area electronics industry. Using the tools of
science and technology studies, he explores the formation of
Silicon Valley as an industrial district, from its beginnings as
the home of a few radio enterprises that operated in the shadow of
RCA and other East Coast firms through its establishment as a
center of the electronics industry and a leading producer of power
grid tubes, microwave tubes, and semiconductors. He traces the
emergence of the innovative practices that made this growth
possible by following key groups of engineers and entrepreneurs. He
examines the forces outside Silicon Valley that shaped the industry
-- in particular the effect of military patronage and procurement
on the growth of the industry and on the development of
technologies -- and considers the influence of Stanford University
and other local institutions of higher learning.Lecuyer argues that
Silicon Valley's emergence and its growth were made possible by the
development of unique competencies in manufacturing, in product
engineering, and in management. Entrepreneurs learned to integrate
invention, design, manufacturing, and sales logistics, and they
developed incentives to attract and retain a skilled and motivated
workforce. The largest Silicon Valley firms -- including
Eitel-McCullough (Eimac), Litton Industries, Varian Associates,
Fairchild Semiconductor, and Intel -- dominated the American
markets for advanced tubes and semiconductors and, because of their
innovations in manufacturing, design, and management, served as
models and incubators for other electronics ventures in the
area."
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