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035    (OCoLC)51282546 
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082 04 338.761621390973|221 
090    TK7874|b.Z99 2003 
100 1  Zygmont, Jeffrey. 
245 10 Microchip :|ban idea, its genesis, and the revolution it 
       created /|cJeffrey Zygmont. 
264  1 Cambridge, MA :|bPerseus,|c[2003] 
264  4 |c©2003 
300    xxii, 245 pages ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Changing minds -- Laying the 
       foundation: Thinking small -- Wild west -- First contact -
       - Team choices -- Chipping away -- Calculated gains -- 
       Adding contenders -- Common ground -- Great debates -- 
       Building the house: Changing guards -- Computers for cooks
       -- Call forwarding -- Common computing -- New language -- 
       Building muscles -- Epilogue: Mutual aid -- Notes -- 
       Index. 
520    Business and technology journalist Zygmont presents a 
       popular history of the development and proliferation of 
       the computer microchip (also known as the integrated 
       circuit). He begins the story in the 1950s with Jack 
       Kilby's researches into electronics miniaturization and 
       continues with portraits of the various technological 
       innovators and explanations of their key ideas. Also 
       discussed are the companies involved in the technology's 
       growth. 
650  0 Integrated circuits|xHistory. 
650  0 Computer industry|zUnited States|xHistory. 
650  0 Computer engineering|zUnited States|xHistory. 
994    90|bWHP