The Computer History Museum and SEMI are proud to present:
The 50th Anniversary of
Semiconductor Laboratories and the "Birthplace of Silicon Valley"
Two Different events:
DATE & TIME
Monday February 27, 2006
Member Reception - 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Lecture - 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
LOCATION
Computer History Museum
1401 N. Shoreline Boulevard
Mountain View, CA 94043
REGISTRATION
Visit: Shockley Event Registration or
Call 650-810-1005 for information.
DEDICATION OF A COMMEMORATIVE DISPLAY
STAN MYERS, PRESIDENT/CEO OF SEMI
NICK GALIOTTO, MAYOR OF MOUNTAIN VIEW
DATE AND TIME:
Sunday February 26, 2006
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
LOCATION:
391 SAN ANTONIO ROAD
MOUNTAIN VIEW
THE ORIGINAL SITE OF THE LABORATORY
(CURRENTLY INTERNATIONAL PRODUCE MARKET)
Shockley employees toast their boss William Shockley (seated at the head of the table) on his 1956 Nobel Prize award for the co-invention of the transistor. Panelist and Fairchild Semiconductor co-founder Jay Last is at far right. Fairchild and Intel co-founders Gordon Moore (seated at the far left) and Robert Noyce (standing with wine glass in hand at rear center) were also present.
The team gathers again at 391 San Antonia Road in 2000 for a dedication of a
plaque to mark the Birthplace of Silicon Valley. Ms. Shockley, wife of the late Wm. Shockley, is present in the
center.
It's all History!
In February 1956, co-inventor of the transistor William Shockley formally announced the establishment of Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory, Silicon Valley’s first semiconductor company. Shockley recruited a team of some of the nation’s brightest young scientists and engineers to work in his modest, former fruit packing shed laboratory at 391 San Antonio Road in Mountain View. Here they developed and improved silicon chip manufacturing technologies that laid the foundation for the microelectronic revolution that forever changed the way we live, work and play. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of this pivotal event in the history of our region, join science historian Michael Riordan in a conversation between early Shockley employees and associates who went on to play important roles in the semiconductor industry, including Jim Gibbons, Jay Last, Hans Queisser, and Harry Sello.
- Mail: 391 San Antonio Road, Mountain View, CA (use before 1968)