silicon valley

Sunday, June 21, 2009
Computers

The Birthplace Of Silicon Valley Is A Palo Alto Garage

3:30AM Dan Nosowitz | This is the Palo Alto, CA garage where two young Stanford engineering grads named Bill Hewlett and David Packard started building what would one day become the world’s largest PC manufacturer. In 2000, HP turned it into a museum. More »
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Saturday, September 13, 2008
Hardware

Silicon Valley’s Birthplace of the Semiconductor: Now a Fruit and Vegetable Stand

12:00AM John Mahoney | We all owe a lot to this place. The birth of the world’s first silicon chip happened here, and now, it’s a nice place to pick up some fresh produce. Bits has a great history of the site–now known as the Fiesta Super Market at 391 San Antonio Road in Mountain View (home also to the big G). It used to be the world’s first semiconductor lab, established by the American physicist William Shockley and where the founders of Fairchild and Intel got their chops. But now? Just a couple of marks on the sidewalk indicate its past, among all the fine fruits and veggies. More »
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