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The Chip
T. R. Reid · 2001 · 243 pages
Traces the innovative development of the monolithic integrated circuit, or silicon chip, discussing the scientists who created it, its structure and functions, the evolution of the semiconductor industry, and the vast implications of the silicon chip
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Adam Ozimek
“@mattyglesias This is a great book tying computing history back to the earliest inventions and knowledge, including basic understanding of electrons. Which gives you some of the pre history”↗

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