The Legacy of Shockley Semiconductor

To mark the the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Shockley Semiconductor Lab, the first silicon operation in Silicon Valley, several of the founding fathers of the semiconductor industry, the solid state program at Stanford, and Silicon Valley -- all of whom worked at Shockley's lab -- are meeting at Stanford for a panel discussion. They will discuss the early years of the valley, what it was like to work for Shockley, how their experiences in Shockley's lab influenced their own career decisions, and whether Silicon Valley would look the way it does today if William Shockley had not recruited all of them to come to the area.

Co-sponsored by the Silicon Valley Archives and the Bill Lane Center for the Study of the North American West.