Bassett, Ross Knox, 1959-

To the digital age : research labs, start-up companies, and the rise of MOS technology / Ross Knox Bassett. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. - xii, 421 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. - Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology . - Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology (Unnumbered) .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1 How a Bad Idea Became Good (to Some) -- THE EMERGENCE OF THE MOSTRANSISTOR, 1945-1963 -- 2 Back from the Frontier -- IBM RESEARCH AND THE FORMATION OF THE LSI PROGRAM, 1951-1965 -- 3 Development at Research -- THE RESEARCH PHASE OF IBM'S MOS PROGRAM, 1963-1967 -- 4 MOS in a Bipolar Company -- FAIRCHILD AND THE MOS TRANSISTOR, 1963-1968 -- 5 It Takes an Industry -- THE MOS COMMUNITY -- 6 The End of Research -- INTEL AND THE MOSTRANSISTOR, 1968-1975 -- 7 IBM -- MOS AND THE VISIBLE HAND, 1967-1975 -- 8 The Logic of MOS -- INTEL AND THE MICROPROCESSOR, 1968-1975 -- Conclusion/Epilogue -- Appendix 1: Organizational Charts -- Appendix 2: Sources for Tables -- Notes -- Essay on Sources -- Index.

0801868092 (alk. paper)

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Metal oxide semiconductors--History.
Electronics--Social aspects.

TK7871.99.M44 / B373 2002

621.39 BAS