Interview with John East, July 27, 2008
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- John East discusses his work at Fairchild Semiconductor, at AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.), and as CEO of Actel. 00:00:38: Introduction. 00:01:38: Interview begins. John East discusses his background and education. 00:04:54: East discusses interviewing with and joining Fairchild Semiconductor, and his work there. 00:12:26: East discusses leaving Fairchild and his work at AMD and AMD's relationship to Intel. 00:16:15: East discusses gate arrays, their development at AMD and at startups, and leaving AMD and becoming CEO of field programmable gate array company Actel. 00:23:30: East discusses industry shift away from ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit) to programmable integrated circuits, and Actel's continued role in the customized integrated circuit industry. 00:28:35: East discusses Silicon Valley business management style and its effect on employee turnover, and how styles changed over time, and the reasons for Silicon Valley's continued success. 00:35:52: Pamela (Pam) East joins the interview and discusses her life as John East's wife and her business career. Both give a tour of their house. Interviewed by Robert Walker, July 27, 2008, in Saratoga, California.
Description
Type of resource | moving image |
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Date created | July 27, 2008 |
Language | English |
Digital origin | reformatted digital |
Sound content | Sound |
Color content | Color |
Broadcast standard | NTSC |
Creators/Contributors
Interviewee | East, Paul |
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Subjects
Subject | Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation |
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Subject | Advanced Micro Devices |
Subject | Actel Corporation |
Subject | Semiconductors |
Subject | Gate array circuits |
Subject | Field programmable gate arrays |
Subject | Bipoloar integrated circuits |
Subject | Metal oxide semiconductors |
Genre | Filmed interviews |
Bibliographic information
Note | Reformatted by Stanford University Libraries 2017-2018. |
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Source ID | m0741_east_2008-07-27 |
Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/yp332mx7612 |
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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