Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory alumni reminiscence
This program features eight brief interviews, of approximately 10 minutes in duration each, of early Shockley employees. Most are from the ‘second wave' of employees, viz. those hired on after the 'traitorous eight' had left SSL to form Fairchild Semiconductor. The interviewees are: Leo Amadi, Jacques Beaudouin, Richard Finch, Samuel Fok, Roland Haitz, Michael Heynes, Colin Knight, Andy Ramans. Discussions focus on work style at SSL, Shockley the man and inventor, collaborations amongst fellow employees, specialized (and hand-made) semiconductor processing equipment, as well as company spirit and work atmosphere. Interviewees reflect on their early careers, the semiconductor industry, and how their work at SSL shaped their later professional lives.
Item Details
- Date
- 2006-02-27 (Made)
- Type
- Document
- Catalogue number
- 102658033
- Organization
- Computer History Museum
- People
- Jacques Beaudouin (Participant)
Gene Wecker (Participant)
Andy Ramans (Participant)
Colin Knight (Participant)
Michael Heynes (Participant)
Roland Haitz (Participant)
Richard Finch (Participant)
Leo Amadi (Participant)
Samuel M. Fok (Participant)
Dag Spicer (Editor)
Dag Spicer (Interviewer) - Category
- Transcript
- Extent
- 34 p.
- Place of publication
- North America/USA/CA/Mountain View
- Language
- English
- Acquisition number
- X3653.2007
- Subject
- Kulicke & Soffa, Semiconductor History, Signetics, Diffusion, Convair
- Archive collection
- Oral history collection
- Archive hierarchy
- CHM Oral History Collection