Title
Hollins, Brian E. oral history
Catalog Number
102739964
Type
Document
Description
Brian E. Hollins was born and educated in England where he earned a B.Sc. in Electronic Engineering in 1961. He worked as a design engineer before moving to California in 1966 to join Fairchild Semiconductor as a process/product engineer for transistors and integrated circuits (ICs). In 1968 he moved to National Semiconductor, Santa Clara, CA, where he served for 13 years in engineering and product line management positions for digital and linear ICs as the company grew from a few hundred to 13,000 employees. In 1981 he was one of four senior managers who spun off to found Linear Technology Corporation, Milpitas, CA, to focus on high-performance linear (analog) devices. As Vice President of Operations, Brian was responsible for all aspects of manufacturing, including designing, building, staffing, and managing wafer fabrication, test, and assembly facilities in California and subcontractors in Asia. He retired from the company in 1991 at which time Linear had emerged as one of the most highly respected and profitable companies in the analog IC business.
Date
2014-11-04
Contributor
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Dennis, Eric, Videographer
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Hollins, Brian, Interviewee
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Laws, David, Interviewer
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Publisher
Computer History Museum
Place of Publication
Mountain View, California
Extent
35 p.
Format
PDF
Copyright Holder
Computer History Museum
Category
Transcription
Subject
Wafer fabrication; Analog; Linear; integrated circuit; Fairchild Semiconductor; semiconductor history; National Semiconductor Corporation; Linear Technology; Chidlow, Maurice; Lamond, Pierre; Smullen, Roger; Sporck, Charlie; Dobkin, Bob; Swanson, Bob; Diller, Jim; Khadder, Wadie
Collection Title
Oral history collection
Credit
Computer History Museum
