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Notes on tech

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What has powered silicon valley over the years

10/30/2005 12:14:00 PM, posted by anand

Silicon Valley - Invention and reinvention

1930s
Aerospace contractors emerge around Moffett Field.

1940s
Hewlett-Packard brings electronics to the consumer market.

1950s and 1960s
Chip companies like Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory and Fairchild Semiconductor bring silicon to the valley.

1970s
Apple Computer starts the personal computing revolution, spawning an era of consumer hardware.

1980s
The network emerges, as such companies as Cisco Systems and Sun Microsystems help build the infrastructure that would link the world together on the Internet.

1990s
The Internet booms, led by Netscape Communications and its seminal browser.

2000s
Internet giants like Yahoo, Google and eBay -- joined by Apple Computer, a valley graybeard -- re-energize the region using media and content to drive innovation.

Source: Chronicle Research
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