Microchip: An Idea, Its Genesis and the Revolution it Created - Hardcover

Zygmont, Jeffrey

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0738205613 ISBN 13: 9780738205618

Publisher: Perseus Books, 2002

Synopsis

The riveting story of the origins of our digital age and the crusaders and inventors who made it all possible. Computer chips are an almost invisible part of our modern lives, and yet they make much of what's "modern" in them possible. Even the tech-averse and the tech-opposed among us depend on their hidden capabilities. From today's automobiles, medical scanners, and DVD players to annoying musical greeting cards, space travel, and movies like The Lord of the Rings, microelectronics are everywhere-and taken for granted. But how did this revolutionary technology emerge? Microchip tells that story by exploring the personalities behind the technology. From the two pioneering men who invented the integrated circuit, Nobel Prize winner Jack Kilby and Intel founder Robert Noyce, to luminaries like Gordon Moore and An Wang who put the chip to work, Jeffrey Zygmont shows how the history of the microchip is also the story of a handful of visionaries confronting problems and facing opportunities. A compelling narrative about the germination and advancement of a single technology, Microchip is essential reading about the now-ubiquitous integrated circuit and its outlook for the future.

About this title

About the Author

Author of The VC Way, Jeffrey Zygmont is a business and technology writer. He has writ ten for Business Week, Boston Magazine, Inc., and CFO, and has been a staff writer for High Technolo gy and Omni. He lives in Salem, New Hampshire.

Edition details

• Publisher: Perseus Books
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0738205613
• ISBN 13: 9780738205618
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272