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Even before Fairchild Semiconductor was founded, much of the original SF Bay Area tech industry started during and after WWII to develop radar and electronic warfare systems for the military.
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Is there a place I can read about this? I am doing research on tech-histories (mainly in Asia) and i would say 100% of all tech coming from there has its origins in radio and radar tech, yes including fridges (you might have in your home right now)


Palo Alto by Malcom Harris goes even further back to the 1800s to explain the origin of Silicon Valley.

https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/malcolm-harris/palo...


Haha thank you both! Its always the question, how far back do you go!

Palo alto runs on defense money



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