The Fairchild Chronicles
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Key players discuss the origin, rise, and eventual fall of Fairchild Semiconductor. Interviewees include: Gil Amelio, Don Brooks, Wilf Corrigan, James Downey, Federico Faggin, Jack Gifford, Richard Hodgson, C. Lester Hogan, Jim Koford, Gordon Moore, John Nichols, Arthur Rock, W. “Jerry” Sanders III, Harry Sello, Charlie Sporck, Robert Ulrickson, and Rob Walker. Interviews conducted 1995-2004. 00:00:00: Opening credits. 00:01:26: Introduction. 00:04:18: Chapter: Founding. Gordon Moore, Harry Sello, Arthur Rock, and Richard Hodgson discuss the founding of Fairchild Semiconductor, coming out of management problems at Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory. 00:14:52: Chapter: Early Years. Moore, Charlie Sporck, and Federico Faggin discuss the start of Fairchild and the early projects they worked on that led to their initial successes. 00:53:11: Chapter: Marketing Mavens. Jerry Sanders, Jack Gifford, and Richard Hodgson discuss various aspects of the exuberant marketing approaches and personalities at Fairchild in the 1960s. 01:13:18: Chapter: ASIC and CAD. James Downey, Jim Koford, Gordon Moore, Robert Ulrickson, and Rob Walker discuss the foundations of ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit) design, including CAD (Computer-Aided Design), computer logic simulation, and circuit and logic testing at Fairchild, including discussion of gate arrays and Fairchild's Micromatrix. 01:37:59: Chapter: Intel Starts. Gordon Moore, Arthur Rock, and Federico Faggin discuss the origins of Intel at Fairchild. 01:48:23: Chapter: Hogan's Heros. C. Lester Hogan, Wilf Corrigan, and Jerry Sanders discuss the changes in management at Fairchild in 1968 and the course of the company through the 1970s. 02:09:48: Chapter: Schlumberger Daze. Gil Amelio, C. Lester Hogan, Harry Sello, Don Brooks, and Charlie Sporck discuss Fairchild's problems through the 70s and the demise of the company following a takeover by Schlumberger, which brought a different management and business style.
Description
| Type of resource | moving image |
|---|---|
| Date created | 2005 |
| Language | English |
| Digital origin | reformatted digital |
| Sound content | Sound |
| Color content | Color |
| Broadcast standard | NTSC |
Subjects
| Subject | Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation |
|---|---|
| Subject | Intel Corporation |
| Subject | Semiconductors |
| Subject | Research and development projects |
| Subject | Electronic circuit design |
| Subject | Electrical engineering |
| Subject | Gate array circuits |
| Genre | Filmed interviews |
Bibliographic information
| Note | Reformatted by Stanford University Libraries 2017-2018. |
|---|---|
| Source ID | m0741_fairchild_chronicles |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/xk947bx3871 |
| Location | M0741 |
| Repository | Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives |
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Collection
Silicon Genesis : oral history interviews of Silicon Valley scientists, 1995-2023
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