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Silicon Valley veterans and newbies alike will want to explore this book that delves into the rich history behind the region that birthed the world's most important industry. Technology journalist Ashlee Vance has captured almost every aspect of the area stretching between San Francisco and San Jose, California, starting with the eager radio and electronics enthusiasts of the early 1900s and ending with the computing powerhouses of today such as Google and Apple. Along the way, the book profiles the people and places that have elevated Silicon Valley to an almost mythic pedestal.
This book delivers Silicon Valley, taking us from success story to failed startup and back again as we drive the roads from San Francisco to Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara and San Jose. It's full of profiles of the larger-than-life characters that pioneered the processor, computer, and Internet revolutions. The book's vibrant design includes "Silicon Valley Soundbytes" packed with insider information and trivia, and "Click Here" sidebars, which suggest places to eat, drink, and shop.

Place by place, readers get the inside scoop on all the addresses that count, which include Microsoft research centers; the headquarters of Google, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Sun Microsystems, and Oracle; research powerhouses such as Stanford University, NASA Ames, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; the Computer History Museum and The Tech Museum; the Shoreline Amphitheater; the Churchill Club; and many more.
Silicon Valley veterans and newbies alike will want to explore this book that delves into the rich history behind the region that birthed the world's most important industry. Technology journalist Ashlee Vance has captured almost every aspect of the area stretching between San Francisco and San Jose, California, starting with the eager radio and electronics enthusiasts of the early 1900s and ending with the computing powerhouses of today such as Google and Apple. Along the way, the book profiles the people and places that have elevated Silicon Valley to an almost mythic pedestal.
This book delivers Silicon Valley, taking us from success story to failed startup and back again as we drive the roads from San Francisco to Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara and San Jose. It's full of profiles of the larger-than-life characters that pioneered the processor, computer, and Internet revolutions. The book's vibrant design includes "Silicon Valley Soundbytes" packed with insider information and trivia, and "Click Here" sidebars, which suggest places to eat, drink, and shop.

Place by place, readers get the inside scoop on all the addresses that count, which include Microsoft research centers; the headquarters of Google, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Sun Microsystems, and Oracle; research powerhouses such as Stanford University, NASA Ames, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; the Computer History Museum and The Tech Museum; the Shoreline Amphitheater; the Churchill Club; and many more.
Über den Autor
By Ashlee Vance
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Outline

Introduction: Shockley brings silicon to Silicon Valley

Chapter 1: Palo Alto and Menlo Park
· Federal Telegraph Company
· Stanford University/Stanford Research Park/The Stanford Dish/Silicon Valley Archives
· University Avenue and Stanford Shopping Center: collegiate eateries contrast with high-end mall
· Hewlett-Packard: HP history and background with headquarters address
· HP Garage: Thousands of people a year come by the house to try to see the garage, which a historic market designates as “Birthplace of Silicon Valley”
· Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) – Menlo Park: Fun with high-energy physics. Provides tours daily and hosts thousands of visitors each year
· Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center). Campus located on beautiful, hilly bit of land in Palo [...] tours, but it offers talks open to the public every Thursday.
· Sand Hill Road/3000 Sand Hill Road: Where everyone goes to get venture capitol
· SRI International, Menlo Park
· Fairchild Semiconductor

Chapter 2: Mountain View
Shockley Semiconductor

Computer History Museum

Fenwick & West quintessential SV law firm

Microsoft's Silicon Valley Campus:

SGI: Silicon GraphicsThe Stevens Creek Trail:

NASA Ames:S

ETI Institute

etscape HQ

Google/Googleplex

Chapter 3: Santa Clara and Sunnyvale
Intel/Intel Museum/Intel Headquarters

Lockheed Martin Sunnyvale

Sun Microsystems/Sun's Headquarters

AMD Advanced Micro Device

Yahoo Sunnyvale

Chapter 4: San Jose
World's First Broadcasting Station: KQW

IBM's Almaden Research Center/Magnetic Disk Heritage Center

San Jose City Hall

Santana RoweBay

Winchester Mystery House/Tours. Thousands go each yearSan Jose State University

Pulgas Water Temple

Lick Observatory

Cisco Systems

The Tech Museum of Innovation

hildren's Discovery Museum

Chapter 5: San Francisco
Green Street Lab

The Exploratorium

The Wave Organ

The Letterman Digital Arts Center

Moscone Center

The MetreonC

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Golden Gate Yacht ClubS

ilicon Justice: San Francisco's courthouses

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Microsoft Research Center

Genetech

California Academy of Sciences

Bay Area Laboratory

Co-operative

Technology Publishers RowA

T&T Park

Monster/Candlestick Park

Chapter 6: Out and About in Silicon Valley: The Surrounding Scene
Windy Hill

Oracle, Redwood Shores

Hiller Aviation Museum, San Carlos

Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek

Atari, Sunnyvale

Electronic Arts, Redwood City

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory/Discovery Center

Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore

Excite@Home

Alviso: Home of Tivo

Drawbridge (ghost town)Apple Computer, Cupertino

Drive the Valley: Best Routes for Seeing it All

Suggested Reading

Surf the Valley

Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Genre: Importe
Produktart: Reiseberichte
Region: Nord- und Mittelamerika
Rubrik: Reisen
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780762742394
ISBN-10: 0762742399
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Vance, Ashlee
Hersteller: Globe Pequot
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Ashlee Vance
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.11.2007
Gewicht: 0,39 kg
Artikel-ID: 107790240

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