December 23, 1947 - Walter H. Brattain, John Bardeen (Bell Laboratories) first demonstrated point-contact transistor (vs. Shockley's junction transistor), better understanding of surface properties of semiconductors; microphone, headphones connected to transistor, device spoken over "with no noticeable change in quality"; name, 'transistor' came from its electrical property, 'trans-resistance'; functional replacement for vacuum tube; great savings in space,  electrical power consumption; 1956 - awarded Nobel prize in physics.

April 20, 1949 - Sigurd and Russell Varian incorporated Varian Associates in California; 1953 - became first building of Silicon Valley, in Stanford Industrial Park, Palo Alto, CA (blend of academic, commercial interests, became model for for modern electronics, computer industries).

1951 - Frederick Terman, dean of School of Engineering at Stanford University, allocated 700 acres of unused land on Stanford campus to create Stanford Industrial Park in response to demand for industrial land near university resources (emerging electronics industry tied closely to School), generate income for the university; first university-owned industrial park, nation's first high-tech research park; Varian Associates first lessee (moved into first building in park in 1953); 1974 - renamed Stanford Research Park; 2008 - 162 buildings, 23,000 employees, 140 different companies in electronics, software, biotechnology, other high-tech fields.

July 5, 1951 - Dr. William Shockley, of  Bell Telephone Laboratories, announced invention of junction transistor; three-terminal device used in amplifying or switching applications;  overcame problems of earlier point-contact transistor; transistors much more efficient, used very little power, much quieter (could handle weaker signals than the type-A transistors ever could); September 25, 1951 - received a patent on a" Circuit Element Utilizing Semiconductive Material" (junction transistor); hailed as "invention of the transistor"; 1955 - named Director of the Shockley Semi-conductor Laboratory of Beckman Instruments, Inc. for research development and production of new transistor and other semiconductor devices.

May 7, 1952 - Geoffrey W.A. Dummer, in Washington DC, first published concept of integrated circuit chip.

September 20, 1954 - First FORTRAN computer program, developed by IBM, ran (dominating language for technical and scientific applications, allowed users to express their problems in commonly understood mathematical formulae). 1958 - language expanded to Fortran II (included subroutines, functions, common blocks); 1962 - IBM introduced extended Fortran IV.

1956 - IBM introduced first commercial hard disk drive, IBM 350 RAMAC (Random Access Method of Accounting and Control); 24-inch disk drives, 5 megabytes of storage, unit weighed over  ton (delivered by forklift).

1957 - John W. Backus led team of IBM programmers, developed FORTRAN (FORmula TRANslation); one of oldest programming languages designed to allow easy translation of math formulas into code (vs. machine/assembly code); first high-level language, used first compiler ever developed.

October 1, 1957 - Fairchild Semiconductor formed in Mountain View, CA to develop, produce silicon diffused transistors, other semiconductor devices; based on work done by Gordon E. Moore, C. Sheldon Roberts, Eugene Kleiner, Robert N. Noyce, Victor H. Grinich, Julius Blank, Jean A. Hoerni, Jay T. Last, eight scientists who left Shockley Semiconductor Laboratories in Santa Clara Valley (founded 1955) due to management style and disenchantment with pure research of founder William Shockley, co-inventor of transistor (1948); used $3500 of their own money to develop method of mass-producing silicon transistors using a double diffusion technique and a chemical-etching system; Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation invested $1.5 million in return for option to buy company within eight years; profitable in six months.

September 12, 1958 - Jack S. Kilby (inventor of integrated circuit, Nobel Prize in Physics in 2000) performed successful laboratory demonstration of first simple microchip (he designed) at Texas Instruments.

April 7, 1959 - Sherman M. Fairchild, of New York, NY, received a patent for an "Engraving Machine" ("automatic engraving machines of the type used for the production of relief printing plates or the like automatically from photographic or other originals, and more particularly to a means and method for improving the quality of the reprodcutions obtained from such automatically produded engraved plates"); assigned to Fairchild Instrument and Camera Corporation.

May 27, 1959 - Dr. Bernard Rothlein, seven former engineers of Sperry Rand Corporation founded National Semiconductor in Danbury, CT; 1961 - first profit of $38,222 on $2.97 million in sales.; 289 employees shipped 85% of all transistors to military accounts; 1967 - moved to Santa Clara, CA; 1975 - one of first major electronics companies to enter toy, game market; 1981 - sales totaled $1.1 billion, net earnings of $52.4 million; 1987 - acquired Fairchild Semiconductor; 1993 - sales total $2 billion, earnings of $130.3 million; 1997 - acquired Cyrix, manufacturer of microprocessors, for about $540 million; sold Fairchild; 1999 - sold most of Cyrix's assets for less than $200 million;  2004 - sales of $1.98 billion, income just shy of $283 million.

April 25, 1961 - Robert Noyce, of Los Altos, CA, received a patent for a "Semiconductor Device-and-Lead Structure" ("electrical circuit structures incorporating semiconductor devices"); integrated circuit; complete electronic circuit inside small silicon chip; assigned to Fairchild Semiconductor Corp.

May 1, 1964 - Professors John G. Kemeny, Thomas E. Kurtz (Dartmouth College) invented first BASIC (Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) program; designed to be easy programming language to learn quickly.

June 23, 1964 - Jack S. Kilby, of Dallas, TX, received a patent for "Miniaturized Electronic Circuits" ("unique integrated electronic circuits fabricated from semiconductor material...components of an entire electronic circuit are integrated into the body of semiconductor material and constitute portions thereof"); assigned to Texas Instruments Inc.

November 10, 1967 - Michael A. McNeilly (28), formerly of Union Carbide's Silicones Division, incorporated Applied Materials Technology, Inc. with $7,500 loan from his father-in-law, idea to  manufacture equipment, silane, high purity chemicals (key to lower temperature deposition of many films); 1 employee; first product was automated SiH 4 gas panel; demonstrated ability to deposit low temperature oxide films safely; 1972 - name changed to Applied Materials, Inc.

July 18, 1968 - Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, Andy Grove incorporated The Intel Corporation ( INTegrated ELectronics or 'Intel' for short) to design and manufacture microprocessors and specialized integrated circuits; 1971 - released its first microprocessor (4004) designed for a calculator; June 15, 1971 - registered "Intel" trademark first used March 11, 1969 (intergrated circuits, registers, and semiconductor memories); 1972 - 8008 microprocessor; 1974 - 8080 introduced, first personal computers made possible.

May 1, 1969 - Jerry Sanders founded Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) as manufacturer of integrated circuits; later became second-largest supplier of x86 compatible processors.

July 1, 1970 - Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC)  opened (founded by Dr. George E. Pake); 1971 - world's first laser computer printer demonstrated artificially generated laser raster output scanner (ROS) xerography (basis of Xerox's xerographic printing business,  $1 billion in sales in 1986); 1975 - engineers demonstrated graphical user interface for personal computer, included icons, first use of pop-up menus; 1989 - world leader in development of embedded data schemes; 1993 - PARC's Chief Technologist and his band first musical group to perform live on Internet (beat Rolling Stones by 20 minutes); January 4, 2002 - became independent,  renamed Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated (research, innovation to industry leaders in many fields).

January 11, 1971 - Don Hoefler first used term "Silicon Valley" in series of articles (ran for 3 weeks) titled "Silicon Valley" USA" for Electronic News to describe Santa Clara County (called "The Valley of hearts Delight" in its orchard days); suggested by Ralph Vaerst, one of initial employees of Stanford Linear Accelerator (SLAC), founder of Ion Equipment Corp. in 1970, Chairman of the Board of Borg Instrument ($200 million company in Germany that produces electronic systems, telematics for European auto industry).

July 8, 1972 - Abhay Brushan (systems architect, Multics expert), chair of Research staff at MIT Project MAC (founded in 1963 as Multiple Access Computer and Machine-Aided Cognition), released original File Transfer Protocol (FTP); allowed efficient, reliable transfer of files between networked computers, convenient use of remote file storage capabilities. 

1973 - Intel's chairman Gordon Moore publicly revealed prophecy that number of transistors on a microchip will double every year and a half (later known as Moore's Law); held true for more than twenty years.

June 28, 1974 - Marcian Edward Hoff, Jr., of Santa Clara, CA, Stanley Mazor, of Sunnyvale, CA, and Federico Faggin of Cupertino, CA, received a patent for a "Memory System for a Multi-Chip Digital Computer".

April 4, 1975 - Bill Gates, Paul Allen founded Microsoft Corporation in Albuquerque, NM; November 29, 1975- Microsoft, without hyphen, first used in letter from Bill Gates to Paul Allen;  1980 - released first operating system, Xenix.

1979 - Alan Shugart , Finis Conner founded Seagate Technology as disk drive manufacturer; 1980 - built industry's first 5.25–inch hard drive (same size as floppy disks, more capacity); May 1993 - shipped 50 millionth disc drive; February 1996 - merged with Conner Peripherals, formed world's largest independent storage device manufacturer; March 1998 - produced one billionth magnetic recording heads; April 1999 - shipped 250 millionth disc drive; January 2003 - shipped record 18.3 million disc drives in quarter ended December 2002; March 2005 - shipped 10 millionth 15K RPM disc drive; July 2005 - shipped quarterly record 27.3 million hard disc drives; May 2006 - acquired Maxtor Corporation.

January 2, 1979 - Dan Bricklin, Bob Frankston founded Software Arts in rented apartment in Arlington, MA; May 1979 - first advertisement for VisiCalc, first electronic spreadsheet, appeared in BYTE magazine; October 1979 - shipped first "real" release, version 1.37.

December 12, 1980 - Computer Software Act of 1980 defined computer programs, clarified extent of protection afforded computer software.

1981 - Wilfred J. Corrigan founded LSI Logic with $6 million in venture capital, no customers, business model to design custom circuits that would distinguish customer's end product; pioneered ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) industry.

May 26,1981 - Satya Pal Asija, of St. Paul, MN, received a patent for an "Automated Information Input, Storage, and Retrieval System" ("system of full text, free-form, narrative, information input, storage and retrieval"); computer program, Swift-Answer (acronym for "Special Word Indexed Full Text Alpha Numeric Storage With Easy Retrieval"), allowed users with no computer programming skills to retrieve narrative information from computers in human-like manner; responded to user's questions with most likely answer - despite the user's errors in syntax, punctuation, spelling, and grammar; first U.S. computer software patent (seven years after patent filing on December 30, 1974).

July 1981 - Microsoft acquired complete rights to Seattle Computer Products's 86-DOS disk operating system (QDOS); named it MS-DOS.

1982 - Jim Clark (38), electrical engineering associate professor at Stanford University, six students founded Silicon Graphics to produce three-dimensional computer graphics programs (high-performance visual computing systems); venture funding from Mayfield Group; 1987 - sold workstations to US military, NASA, British Aerospace, automobile manufacturers, Hollywood film makers; February 28, 1994 - Clark left company to sue applications software opportunities (founded Netscape); 1999 - changed corporate identity to "SGI" in attempt to clarify current market position as more than graphics company; May 8, 2006 - filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for itself and U.S. subsidiaries as part of plan to reduce debt by $250 million; October 17, 2006 - emerged from bankruptcy.

February 1982 - Former Stanford University students Scott McNealy (27), Vinod Khosla, Andy Bechtolsheim, Bill Joy founded Sun Microsystems in Palo Alto, CA (Sun is acronym for Stanford University Network) to make engineering computer workstations; 1983 - signed $40 million OEM agreement with Computervision; 1988 - $1 billion in revenue (fastest rise ever for computer company with direct sales force); 1992 - shipped more multiprocessing UNIX servers in single year than any other vendor shipped in history; 1993 - one million systems shipped just over 10 years; made its debut on Fortune 500; 1995 - introduced Java technology, first universal software platform, designed from ground up for Internet and corporate intranets; enabled developers to write applications once to run on any computer; 1996 - licensed Java technology to all major hardware and software companies; 1997 - first systems company ever to demonstrate best TPC-C performance on all four leading database platforms; 2001 - $18.25 billion global leader in network computing solutions; 2005 - largest business contributor to global open source community with donation of 1,600 patents. 

July 6, 1982 - Microsoft Partnership registered "Microsoft" trademark first used November 12, 1975 (computer programs).

December 1982 - John Warnock, Charles Geschke founded Adobe Systems (named for Adobe Creek, ran behind house of one of founders); left Xerox PARC in order to further develop, commercialize PostScript page description language; 1985 - Apple Computer licensed PostScript for use in LaserWriter printer product line; 1989 - introduced Adobe Photoshop for Macintosh; extremely stable, well-featured, well marketed; soon dominated market; 1994 - acquired Aldus, PageMaker and TIFF file format; 1995 - acquired long-document DTP application FrameMaker from Frame Technologies; December 3, 2005 - acquired Macromedia, former competitor; for about $3.4 billion.

1983 - Rob Campbell, Taylor Pohlman founded Forethought, Inc to develop object oriented bit-mapped application software; 1984 - hired Bob Gaskins, former Ph.D. student at University of California, Berkeley, in exchange for large percentage of company's stock; led development, with software developer Dennis Austin, of program called Presenter; later renamed PowerPoint; April 1987 - PowerPoint 1.0 released for Apple Macintosh; black and white overhead transparencies; sold more than $1 million of software in first day of availability; acquired by Microsoft Corporation for $14 million; became Microsoft's graphics business unit; May 1990 - released fro Windows.

1983 - Scott D. Cook, former banking and technology consultant for Bain & Company, founded Intuit Corporation with Quicken personal finance software, simplified balancing of family checkbook; May 6, 1986 - registered "Quicken" trademark first used April 10, 1984 (computer software programs and user documentation supplied therewith).

January 26, 1983 - Lotus Development Corp. released Lotus 1-2-3 software spreadsheet.

October 25, 1983 - Richard Brodie, Microsoft's 77th employee in 1981, authored, released Microsoft Word 1.0 document file format for IBM PC computers running MS-DOS; first word processor for IBM PC that showed typeface markups such as bold, italics directly on screen while editing (vs. simple text-only display with markup codes or alternative colors on screen such as WordStar and WordPerfect).; 1989 - Word for Windows released ($500).

November 10, 1983 - Microsoft released Microsoft Windows,  extension of MS-DOS, with graphical user interface (GUI).

1985 - Mitel cofounder Michael Cowpland founded Corel Corp. in Ottawa, Canada; CorelDraw graphics program became industry standard in desktop publishing.

June 17, 1988 - Microsoft released MS DOS 4.0.

April 10, 1989 - Intel Corp announced shipment of 80-486 chip.

June 11, 1991 - Microsoft released MS DOS 5.0.

October 5, 1991 - First official version of Linux kernel, version 0.02, released.

1992 - Jeff Hawkins, formerly of GRID Computers, founded Palm Computing Inc. as software maker for handhelds; October 1993 - introduced the "Zoomer" (too big, too slow, too expensive, too many features); September 1995 - acquired by U. S. Robotics for $45 million; February 1996 - showed Palm Pilot at DEMO conference; May 1996 - introduced Palm Pilot 1000™ and Pilot 5000™ organizers; June 1996 - acquired by 3Com; October 21, 1997 - Palm Computing Inc. registered "PalmPilot" trademark (handheld computing systems); July 1998 - Hawkins, Dubinsky left company.

April 6, 1992 - Microsoft announced Windows 3.1, upgrading Windows 3.0.

March 22, 1993 - Intel introduced Pentium-processor (80586) 64 bits-60 MHz-100+ MIPS.

April 1993 - Team at University of Illinois National Center for Supercomputing Applications released Mosaic, first web browser to integrate images, sound, words (access previously limited to  text, graphics displayed in separate windows)

1994 - Marc Ewing founded Red Hat (named after his grandfather's favorite old red Cornell lacrosse team cap); became one of most popular Linux distributions.

July 15,1994 - U.S. government filed complaint against Microsoft Corporation; charged world's largest software developer with violating Sections 1 and 2 of Sherman Anti-Trust Act.

October 1994 - First version of Netscape navigator released; November 1998 - acquired by AOL for $4.2 billion; February 1, 2008 - support from Time Warner's AOL unit terminated (no more security releases, updates); lost in competition to open-source Firefox, Microsoft's Internet Explorer.

August 24, 1995 - Windows 95 operating system debuted.

June 10, 1996 - Intel released 200 mhz pentium chip.

August 13, 1996 - Microsoft released Internet Explorer 3.0.

April 8, 1997 - Microsoft Corp released Internet Explorer 4.0.

August 6, 1997 - Apple Computer, Microsoft agreed to share technology; $150 million deal gave Microsoft minority stake in Apple.

February 12, 1998 - Intel unveiled first graphics chip i740.

March 26, 1998 - Andy Grove announced he was stepping down as CEO of Intel Corp. (Time Magazine's "Man of the Year" in 1997); made crucial call not to share Intel's "intellectual rights" with "other suppliers"; succeeded by Intel President and Chief Operating Officer, Craig Barrett.

May 18, 1998 - The United States Department of Justice, 20 states filed antitrust suit against Microsoft.

November 5, 1999 - U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson declared Microsoft Corp. a monopoly, claimed  company's aggressive tactics were ''stifling innovation'', hurting consumers.

January 13, 2000 - Microsoft chairman Bill Gates stepped aside as chief executive; promoted company president Steve Ballmer to the position.

April 3, 2000 - Federal judge in Washington ruled that Microsoft Corp. had violated U.S. antitrust laws by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on competitors during race to link Americans to Internet.

June 7, 2000 - U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson ordered breakup of Microsoft Corp.

October 25, 2001 - Microsoft released Windows XP.

October 31, 2001 - Microsoft, Justice Department reached a tentative agreement to settle the historic antitrust case.

April 24, 2006 - Scott G. McNealy, one of founders of Sun Microsystems, stepped aside after 22 years as CEO.

June 15, 2006 - Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said he would make transition from day-to-day responsibilities at  company to concentrate on charitable work of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

October 17, 2006 - IBM released third quarter earnings; software generated $4.4 billion in sales, gross margin of 85%; 37% of IBM's net profit; results indicated IBM was second largest software company (2005 - software sales of $15.8 billion) ahead of Oracle (2006 sales of $14.4 billion), behind Microsoft; since 2001 - spent $10 billion on acquisitions, acquired 39 software companies.

February 1, 2008 - Microsoft made unsolicited $44.7 billion bid for Yahoo in attempt to better compete with Google.

February 27, 2008 - European Union's Competition Commission in Brussels fined Microsoft a record $1.4 billion for failure to comply with demands to end anti-competitive business practices (2004 ruling found Microsoft guilty of abusing its dominant position in market for PC operating systems, required Microsoft to disclose "complete and accurate" technical information that would allow competitors to develop products which would work with Windows); first time EU fined a company for failure to comply with antitrust decision.

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(Microsoft), Ken Auletta (2001). World War 3.0: Microsoft and Its Enemies. (New York, NY: Random House, 436 p.). United States--Trials, litigation, etc.; Microsoft Corporation--Trials, litigation, etc.; Antitrust law--United States; Computer software industry--Law and legislation--United States; Monopolies--United States.

(Microsoft), David Bank (2001). Breaking Windows: How Bill Gates Fumbled the Future of Microsoft. (New York, NY: Free Press, 287 p.). Gates, Bill, 1955- ; Microsoft Corporation; Computer software industry--United States.

(Microsoft), John Heilemann (2001). Pride Before the Fall: The Trials of Bill Gates and the End of the Microsoft Era. (New York, NY: HarperCollins, 246 p.). United States--Trials, litigation, etc.; Microsoft Corporation--Trials, litigation, etc.; Antitrust law--United States; Restraint of trade--United States; Computer software industry--Law and legislation--United States.

(Microsoft), Dean Takahashi (2002). Opening the XBox: Inside Microsoft's Plan to Unleash an Entertainment Revolution. (Roseville, CA: Prima, 370 p.). Senior Writer (Red Herring magazine). Microsoft Corporation; Electronic games industry--United States; Video games--Equipment and supplies.

(Microsoft), Fredric Alan Maxwell (2002). Bad Boy Ballmer: The Man Who Now Rules Microsoft. (New York, NY: Morrow, 278 p.). Ballmer, Steven Anthony; Businessmen--United States--Biography; Microsoft Corporation--History; Computer software industry--United States--History. 

(Microsoft), Laura Rich (2002). The Accidental Zillionaire: Demystifying Paul Allen. (New York, NY: Wiley, 250 p.). Former Writer for the Industry Standard, Adweek, and Inside Media. Allen, Paul, 1953- ; Businesspeople--United States--Biography.

(Microsoft), Karin Carter (2003). Microsoft in the Mirror: Nineteen Insiders Reflect on the Experience. (Redmond, WA: Pennington Books, 246 p.). 14-year Veteran. Microsoft Corporation--Employees--Biography; Computer software industry--United States. 

(Microsoft), Soraya Bittencourt with Paulaartinac (2003). My Road to Microsoft: One Woman's Success Story. (Philadelphia, PA: Xlibris Corporation, 217 p.). Bittencourt, Saroya; Microsoft Corporation; Expedia. 

(Microsoft), Robert Slater (2004). Microsoft Rebooted: How Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer Reinvented Their Company. (New York, NY: Portfolio, 288 p.). Gates, Bill, 1955- ; Ballmer, Steven Anthony; Microsoft Corporation; Computer software industry--United States. 

(Microsoft), Robert Buderi and Gregory T. Huang (2006). Guanxi (The Art of Relationships): Microsoft, China, and Bill Gates's Plan to Win the Road Ahead. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 320 p.). Microsoft Corporation--Management; Computer software industry--United States--Management--Case studies; United States--Commerce--China; China--Commerce--United States. Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) was center of Microsoft's competitive battle with Google, Nokia, and Sony; key to relationship building in China.

(Microsoft), Samantha Shiau-Ping Lee (2006). Unfinished Business: Challenging Microsoft in Taiwan. (Ann Arbor, MI: ProQuest / UMI, 230 p.). JSD Candidate (Stanford Law School). Microsoft Corporation--Antitrust;. Global antitrust concerns of Microsoft; similarities and differences in cases in the U.S., European Union, Taiwan.

(Microsoft), William H. Page and John E. Lopatka (2007). The Microsoft Case: Antitrust, High Technology, and Consumer Welfare. (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 317 p.). Marshall M. Criser Eminent Scholar at the University of Florida’s Levin School of Law; A. Robert Noll Distinguished Professor of Law at the Pennsylvania State University’s Dickinson School of Law. United States--Trials, litigation, etc.; Microsoft Corporation--Trials, litigation, etc.; Antitrust law--United States; Restraint of trade--United States. Interaction of technology, economics, and antitrust law in the digital age. Implications of 1988 antitrust litigation against Microsoft from perspective of consumer welfare; at critical points, legal system failed consumers, overrated government’s ability to influence outcomes in dynamic market.  

(Microsoft), Mary Jo Foley (2008). Microsoft 2.0: How Microsoft Plans To Stay Relevant in the Post-Gates Era. (Indianapolis, IN: Wiley Technology Pub., 285 p.). Microsoft Corporation --Management; Microsoft software. July 1, 2008 - Microsoft founder, Chairman Bill Gates will no longer be involved; Microsoft people, products, strategies that will be key for next-gen Microsoft.

(National Semiconductor), Gil Amelio, William L. Simon (1996). Profit from Experience: The National Semiconductor Story of Transformation Management. (New York, NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 312 p.). Former CEO (National Semiconductor). Amelio, Gil; National Semiconductor Corporation--Management; Semiconductor industry--United States--History. 

(National Semiconductor), Robert H. Miles; foreword by Gil Amelio (1997). Corporate Comeback: The Story of Renewal and Transformation at National Semiconductor. (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 388 p.). National Semiconductor Corporation--Management; Semiconductor industry--United States--Management; Corporate turnarounds--United States--Case studies.

(Oracle), Mike Wilson (1997). The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison: Inside Oracle Corporation. (New York, NY: Morrow, 385 p.). Ellison, Larry; Oracle Corporation--History; Computer software industry--United States--History; Businesspeople--United States--Biography.

(Oracle), Stuart Read (2000). The Oracle Edge: How Oracle Corporation's Take No Prisoners Strategy Has Created an $8 billion Software Powerhouse. (Holbrook, MA: Adams Media, 242 p.). Elison, Larry; Oracle Corporation--History; Computer software industry--United States--History; Businessmen--United States--Biography.

(Oracle), Florence Stone (2002). The Oracle of Oracle: The Story of Volatile CEO Ellison and the Strategies Behind His Company's Phenomenal Success. (New York, NY: AMACOM, 224 p.). Ellison, Larry; Oracle Corporation--History; Computer software industry--United States--History; Businesspeople--United States--Biography. 

(Oracle), Mathew Symonds with commentary by Larry Ellison (2003). Softwar: An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 528 p.). Technology Editor (Economist). Ellison, Larry; Oracle Corporation--History; Computer software industry--United States--History; Businessmen--United States--Biography. 

(Oracle), Karen Southwick (2003). Everyone Else Must Fail: The Unvarnished Truth about Oracle and Larry Ellison. (New York, NY: Crown Business, 320 p.). Executive Editor (CNET News.com). Ellison, Larry; Oracle Corporation--History; Computer software industry--United States--History; Businessmen--United States--Biography. 

(Orbital Sciences), Gary Dorsey (1999). Silicon Sky: How One Small Start-Up Went Over the Top To Beat the Big Boys into Satellite Heaven. (Reading, MA: Perseus Books, 332 p.). Orbital Sciences Corporation, Aerospace Industries, Satellites in Telecommunications. 

(Palm), Andrea Butter & David Pogue (2002). Piloting Palm: The Inside Story of Palm, Handspring, and the Birth of the Billion-Dollar Handheld Industry. (New York, NY: Wiley, 353 p.). Former Marketing Director Palm), Contributor (New York Times). PalmPilot (Computer); Handspring Visor (Computer); Pocket computers; Computer industry--United States. 

(Red Hat), Robert Young and Wendy G. Rohm (1999). Under the Radar: How Red Hat Changed the Software Business-- And Took Microsoft by Surprise. (Scottsdale, AZ: Coriolis Group Books, 197 p.). Red Hat, Inc.; Linux; Microsoft Corporation; Computer software industry--United States. 

(Sematech), Larry D. Browning and Judy C. Shetler (2000). Sematech: Saving the U.S. Semiconductor Industry. (College Station, TX: Texas A & M University Press, 279 p.). SEMATECH (Organization)--History; Semiconductor industry--Government policy--United States. 

(Sun Microsystems), Mark Hall and John Barry; foreword by Tom Peters (1990). Sunburst: The Ascent of Sun Microsystems. (Chicago, IL: Contemporary Books,, 297 p.). Sun Microsystems; Computer industry--United States.

(Sun Microsystems), Karen Southwick (1999). High Noon: The Inside Story of Scott McNealy and the Rise of Sun Microsystems. (New York, NY: Wiley, 242 p.). Executive Editor, CNET News.com. McNealy, Scott; Sun Microsystems; Computer scientists--Biography.

(Varian Associates), Dorothy Varian (1983). The Inventor and the Pilot: Russell and Sigurd Varian. (Palo Alto, CA: Pacific Books, 314 p.). Varian, Russell Harrison, 1898-1959; Varian, Sigurd Fergus, 1901-1961; Electronic industries--United States--Biography.

(WordPerfect Corp.), W.E. Pete Peterson (1994). Almost Perfect: How a Bunch of Regular Guys Built WordPerfect Corporation. (Rocklin, CA: Prima Pub., 236 p.). WordPerfect Corporation--History; Word processing equipment industry--Utah--History.

Ashish Arora, Andrea Fosfuri, Alfonso Gambardella (2002). Markets for Technology: The Economics of Innovation and Corporate Strategy. (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 338 p.). High technology industries--Management; Technology--Marketing; License agreements; Technology transfer--Economic aspects; Technological innovations--Economic aspects; Globalization--Economic aspects; Employees--Effect of technological innovations on.

Eds. Arora Arora and Alfonso Gambardella (2005). From Underdogs to Tigers: The Rise and Growth of the Software Industry in Brazil, China, India, Ireland, and Israel. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 313 p.). Computer software industry; Globalization. Spectacular growth of software industry in countries where high-tech industries would not seem likely to develop.

Ken Auletta (1998). Highwaymen: Warriors of the Information Superhighway. (San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace, 1st edition: Random House, 1997; 358 p.). High-Technology, Telecommunications.

Ross Knox Bassett (2002). To the Digital Age: Research Labs, Start-Up Companies, and the Rise of MOS Technology. (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 421 p.). Assistant Professor of History (North Carolina State University). Metal oxide semiconductors--History; Electronics--Social aspects.  

Po Bronson (1999). The Nudist on the Late Shift and Other True Tales of Silicon Valley. (New York, NY: Random House, 248 p.). Contributor to Wired Magazine. Computer industry--California--Santa Clara County; High technology industries--California--Santa Clara County; Entrepreneurship--California--Santa Clara County; Success in business--California--Santa Clara County; Wealth--California--Santa Clara County. 

Martin Campbell-Kelly (2003). From Airline Reservations to Sonic the Hedgehog: A History of the Software Industry. (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, p.). Instructor of Computer Science (U of Warwick). Computer software industry--History.

Merrill R. Chapman (2003). In Search of Stupidity: Over 20 Years of High-Tech Marketing Disasters. (Berkeley, CA: Apress, 252 p.). Computer software industry--Management--Case studies; Computer industry--Management--Case studies; Business failures--Case studies.

Robert X. Cringely (1996). Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition and Still Can't Get a Date. (New York, NY: HarperBusiness, Revised and expanded; 370 p.). Computer Industry.

Michael A. Cusumano (1991). Japan's Software Factories: A Challenge to U.S. Management. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 513 p.). Computer software industry--Japan.

Gordon B. Dodds, Craig E. Wollner (1990). The Silicon Forest: High Tech in the Portland Area 1945 to 1986. (Portland, OR: Oregon Historical Society, 226 p.). High technology industries--Oregon--Portland Region--History.

Nick Dyer-Witheford (1999). Cyber-Marx: Cycles and Circuits of Struggle in High-Technology Capitalism. (Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 344 p.). High technology industries; Technological innovations--Economic aspects; Capitalism; Information technology--Economic aspects; Socialism; Business cycles. Contents: Differences -- Revolutions -- Marxisms -- Cycles -- Circuits -- Planets -- Postmodernists -- Alternatives -- Intellects.

Alan R. Earls (2002). Route 128 and the Birth of the Age of High Tech. (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub., 128 p.). High technology industries--Massachusetts--Boston Metropolitan Area; Computer industry--Massachusetts--Boston Metropolitan Area. Intertwining stories of construction of nation's first circumferential beltway,  burgeoning high-tech industries of Massachusetts (spawned modern age of personal computers, Internet, biotechnology).

June A. English-Lueck (2002). Cultures@Silicon Valley. (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 201 p.). Ethnology--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County); Pluralism (Social sciences)--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County); Technological innovations--Social aspects--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County); Computers--Social aspects--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County); Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.)--Civilization--20th century; Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.)--Ethnic relations; Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.)--Social conditions--20th century; Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.)--Social life and customs--20th century.

David S. Evans, Andrei Hagiu, and Richard Schmalensee (2006). Invisible Engines: How Software Platforms Drive Innovation and Transform Industries. (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 400 p.). Managing Director of the Global Competition Policy Practice at LECG LLC; Assistant Professor of Strategy (Harvard Business School); John C. Head III Dean and Professor of Management and Economics at Sloan School of Management (MIT). Application program interfaces (Computer software); Industries--Data processing. Technological meeting ground where application developers and end users converge, profits result.

Rebecca A. Fannin (2008). Silicon Dragon: How China Is Winning the Tech Race. (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 183 p.). International Editor of the Hong Kong weekly Asian Venture Capital Journal. Internet industry--China; High technology industries--China; Information technology--China. World's largest number of mobile phone users (500 million); three times as many engineering students as United States?; dozen more billion-dollar tech firms than United States?; fastest growing venture capital market in  world?; new breed of entrepreneur is leading China through second Industrial Revolution.

Charles H. Ferguson (1999). High Stakes, No Prisoners: How I Won My David-and-Goliath Battle in Silicon Valley. (New York, NY: Times Business, 400 p.). High Technology Industries, Computer Industry, Entrepreneurship. What it takes to achieve success in Silicon Valley - from "cool idea" to market-dominating product.

Christine Finn (2001). Artifacts: An Archaeologist's Year in Silicon Valley. (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, p.). Archaeology Research Associate (Oxford University). Finn, Christine--Journeys--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County); Material culture--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County); Technological innovations--Social aspects--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County); Computers--Social aspects--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County); Technology and civilization; Archaeologists--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)--Biography; Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.)--Civilization--20th century; Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.)--Description and travel; Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.)--Social life and customs--20th century. Author lived in Santa Clara Valley in 2000 and attempts to analyze the impact of technology's boom and bust cycle on society and culture.

Kevin P. Gallagher and Lyuba Zarsky (2007). The Enclave Economy: Foreign Investment and Sustainable Development in Mexico’s Silicon Valley. (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 214 p.). Assistant Professor of International Relations (Boston University), Senior Researcher at the Global Development and Environment Institute (Tufts University); Associate Professor of International Environmental Policy (Monterey Institute for International Studies), Senior Research Fellow at the Global Development and Environment Institute (Tufts University). High technology industries--Mexico--Guadalajara; Information technology--Mexico--Guadalajara; Investments, Foreign--Mexico--Guadalajara; Sustainable development--Mexico--Guadalajara; Guadalajara (Mexico)--Economic conditions. Foreign investment for sustainable development; Mexico's post-NAFTA experience of foreign direct investment in its information technology sector, particularly in Guadalajara region, did not result in expected benefits. 

George Gilder (1989). Microcosm: The Quantum Revolution in Economics and Technology. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 426 p.). Microelectronics industry; Microelectronics--Social aspects.

C. Stewart Gillmor (2004). Fred Terman at Stanford: Building a Discipline, a University, and Silicon Valley. (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 642 p.). Professor of History and Science (Wesleyan University). Terman, Frederick Emmons, 1900-1982; Stanford University. Dept. of Electrical Engineering; Radio engineers --California --Stanford --Biography. Electrical engineering professor, engineering manager, university administrator; widely hailed as magnet that drew talent together into what became known as Silicon Valley.

Dirk Hanson (1982). The New Alchemists: Silicon Valley and the Microelectronics Revolution. (Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 364 p.). Microelectronics industry--California--History.

Tom Hayes (2008). Jump Point: How Network Culture is Revolutionizing Business. (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 240 p.). Web 2.0; internet--social aspects; consumers; new media; technology -- prospects. How new economy, virulent market trends, will arrive at single jump point by 2011.

Jennifer A. Howard-Grenville (2007). Corporate Culture and Environmental Practice: Managing Change at a High-Technology Manufacturer. (Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 165 p.). Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior (Boston University School of Management). Industrial management--Environmental aspects; Corporate culture. Environmental decisions, actions of one of world's largest manufacturers of microprocessor 'chips' used in computers; how company's culture guided action on environmental issues.

David A. Kaplan (1999). The Silicon Boys and Their Valley of Dreams. (New York, NY: Morrow, 358 p.). Writer (Newsweek). Microelectronics industry -- California -- Santa Clara County; High technology industries -- California -- Santa Clara County; Businessmen -- California -- Santa Clara County; Santa Clara County (Calif.) -- Economic conditions. 

Jon Katz (2000). Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet out of Idaho. (New York, NY: Villard Books. Computer technicians--United States--Case studies; Electronic data processing personnel--United States--Case studies.

Ed. Martin Kenney (2000). Understanding Silicon Valley: The Anatomy of an Entrepreneurial Region. (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 285 p.). High technology industries--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County); Business enterprises--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County); Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.)--Economic conditions; Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.)--Social conditions.

Dan M. Khanna (1997). The Rise, Decline, and Renewal of Silicon Valley’s High Technology Industry. (New York, NY: Garland Pub., 181 p.). Microelectronics industry--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County); High technology industries--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County); Microelectronics industry--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)--Management; Competition, International.

Ed. David Lampe (1988). The Massachusetts Miracle: High Technology and Economic Revitalization. (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 367 p.). High technology industries--Massachusetts; Massachusetts--Economic policy; Massachusetts--Economic conditions.

Christian Lecuyer (2005). Making Silicon Valley: Innovation and the Growth of High Tech, 1930-1970. (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 424 p.). Historian at the Chemical Heritage Foundation. High technology industries--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)--History--20th century; Microelectronics industry--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)--History--20th century; Entrepreneurship--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County); Military-industrial complex--California--History--20th century; Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.)--History--20th century. Silicon Valley's emergence, growth made possible by development in manufacturing, product engineering, management.

Ed. Chong-Moon Lee ... [et al.] (2000). The Silicon Valley Edge: A Habitat for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 424 p.). High technology industries--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County); New business enterprises--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County); Entrepreneurship--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County); Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.)--Economic conditions; Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.)--Social conditions.

Mark Leibovich (2002). The New Imperialists. (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 244 p.). Ellison, Larry; Bezos, Jeffrey; Chambers, John, 1949- ; Gates, Bill, 1955- ; Case, Stephen McConnell; Businessmen--United States; Executives--United States; Computer industry--United States--Management--Case studies; Computer software industry--United States--Case studies.

Michael Lewis (2000). The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story. (New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Co., 268 p.). Journalist. Clark, Jim, 1944-; Businessmen--United States--Biography; Computer software industry--United States--History. 

Stan J. Liebowitz and Stephen E. Margolis (1999). Winners, Losers & Microsoft: Competition and Antitrust in High Technology. (Oakland, CA: Independent Institute, 287 p.). Economics Professors: UT, Dallas and NC State. Microsoft, Competition. 

Steve Lohr (2001). Go To: The Story of the Math Majors, Bridge Players, Engineers, Chess Wizards, Maverick Scientists and Iconoclasts, the Programmers Who Created the Software Revolution. (New York, NY: Basic Books, 250 p.). Reporter (New York Times). Computer programming; Computer programmers; Software engineering; Computer software--Development.

Thomas Mahon (1985). Charged Bodies: People, Power, and Paradox in Silicon Valley. (New York, NY: New American Library, 339 p.). Microelectronics industry--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)--Biography; Computer industry--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)--Biography; Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.)--Biography; Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.)--Economic conditions; Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.)--Social conditions.

Michael S. Malone (1985). The Big Score: The Billion-Dollar Story of Silicon Valley. (New York, NY: Doubleday, 442 p.). Microelectronics industry -- California -- Santa Clara County.

--- (1995). The Microprocessor: A Biography. (Santa Clara, Ca: TELOS, 333 p.). Microprocessors--United States--History.

--- (2002). The Valley of Heart's Delight: A Silicon Valley Notebook, 1963-2001. (New York, NY: Wiley, 276 p.). Malone, Michael S. (Michael Shawn), 1954- ; High technology industries--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)--History; Entrepreneurship--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County).

--- (2002). Betting It All: The Entrepreneurs of Technology. (New York, NY: Wiley, 272 p.). Businesspeople--United States--Biography; Businesspeople--United States--Interviews; Computer industry--United States--Biography; Computer software industry--United States--Biography; Microelectronics industry--United States--Biography; Entrepreneurship--United States--Case studies; Microelectronics industry--California--Santa Clara County--History; Risk; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--Biography.

Edited with an Introduction by Robert Mankoff in association with Cartoonbank.com (2000). The New Yorker Book of Technology Cartoons. (Princeton, NJ: Bloomberg Press, 110 p.). Technology--Caricature and cartoons; American wit and humor, Pictorial.

Ann Markusen, Peter Hall, Amy Glasmeier (1986). High Tech America: The What, How, Where, and Why of the Sunrise Industries. (Boston, MA: Allen & Unwin, 227 p.). High technology industries--United States.

John A. Mathews, Dong-Sung Cho (2000). Tiger Technology: The Creation of a Semiconductor Industry in East Asia. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 389 p.). Semiconductor industry--East Asia; High technology industries--East Asia.

David G. McKendrick, Richard F. Doner, Stephan Haggard (2000). From Silicon Valley to Singapore: Location and Competitive Advantage in the Hard Disk Drive Industry. (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 351 p.). Data disk drives industry--Asia, Southeastern--Case studies; Data disk drives industry--United States; Industrial location--Case studies; Comparative advantage (International trade)--Case studies; Competition, International--Case studies.

Glyn Moody (2001). Rebel Code: Linux and the Open Source Revolution. (New York, NY: Allen Lane, 334 p.). Linux; Operating systems (Computers); Open source software.

Jane Morgan (1967). Electronics in the West: The First Fifty Years. (Palo Alto, CA: National Press Books, 194 p.). Electronic industries--California--San Francisco Bay Area.

Ed. David C. Mowery (1996). The International Computer Software Industry: A Comparative Study of Industry Evolution and Structure. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 324 p.). Computer software--Development; Computer software industry.

Ed. Yoshitaka Okada (2006). Struggles for Survival: Institutional and Organizational Changes in Japan’s High-Tech Industries. (New York, NY: Springer, 360 p.). High technology industries--Japan; Organizational change--Japan. Revival of Japanese high-tech industries in the 1990s.

John W. Oliver (1956). History of American Technology. (New York, NY: Rodale Press, 676 p.). Technology--United States.

David Naguib Pellow and Lisa Sun-Hee Park (2002). The Silicon Valley of Dreams: Environmental Injustice, Immigrant Workers, and the high-Tech Global Economy. (New York, NY: New York University Press, 303 p.). Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies and Director, California Cultures in Comparative Perspective (University of California, San Diego); Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies and Urban Studies and Planning (University of California, San Diego). High technology industries--Environmental aspects--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County); Agriculture--Environmental aspects--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)' Alien labor--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County); Minorities--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County); Environmental justice--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County). 

Stuart Peters (2006). National Systems of Innovation: Creating High-Technology Industries. (New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 267 p.). Lecturer in Technology and Innovation Management at the School of Business and Management (Brunel University). Semiconductor industry--Government policy--United States; semiconductor industry--Government policy--East Asia; Semiconductor industry--Government policy--Europe; Liquid crystal display industry--United States; Liquid crystal display industry--East Asia; Liquid crystal display industry--Europe. Critical issue in semiconductors and liquid crystal displays - firm's national base at a sectoral level in era of globalization.

Dennis Posadas (2005). Rice Bowl & Chips: How Asian Countries Are Using the Silicon Valley Model To Develop Technology Startups. (Lincoln, NE: iUniverse, Inc., 130 P.). High technology industries--Asia; High technology startups.   Similarities, differences between Silicon Valley and Asian countries such as China, Taiwan, Singapore and Korea.

T. R. Reid (1984). The Chip: How Two Americans Invented the Microchip and Launched a Revolution. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 243 p.). Kilby, Jack S., 1923- ; Noyce, Robert N., 1927- ; Microelectronics--History.

Everett M. Rogers & Judith K. Larsen (1984). Silicon Valley Fever: Growth of High-Technology Culture. (New York, NY: Basic Books, 302 p.). Microelectronics industry--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)--History; Semiconductor industry--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)--History; High technology industries--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County)--History.

Susan Rosegrant and David R. Lampe (1992). Route 128: Lessons from Boston's High-Tech Community. (New York, NY: Basic Books, 240 p.). High technology industries--Massachusetts--Boston Metropolitan Area; Computer industry--Massachusetts--Boston Metropolitan Area.

Eds. Henry S. Rowen, Marguerite Gong Hancock, and William F. Miller (2006). Making IT: The Rise of Asia in High Tech. (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 388 p.). Director Emeritus of the Shorenstein Asia/Pacific Research Center (Stanford University); Associate Director of Stanford University's Project on Regions of Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Co-director, SPRIE, Herbert Hoover Professor of Public and Private Management Emeritus at the Graduate School of Business, Professor of Computer Science Emeritus, and former Provost (Stanford University). High technology industries--Asia; Information technology--Economic aspects--Asia. Causes, consequences of Asia's dramatic rise in IT industry; analyze each country's policies and results, on national level, in innovation regions that have developed.

Mohan Sawhney, Ranjay Gulati, Anthony Paoni, Kellogg TechVenture Team (2001). TechVenture: New Rules on Value and Profit from Silicon Valley. (New York, NY: Wiley, 368 p.). Professors, Kellogg Graduate School of Management (Morwestern University). Electronic commerce; Electronic commerce--Finance; Business enterprises--Computer networks--Management; Venture capital; Electronic commerce--California.

AnnaLee Saxenian (1994). Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 226 p.). High technology industries--California, Northern; High technology industries--Massachusetts; United States--Economic conditions--1981---Regional disparities.

--- (2006). The New Argonauts: Regional Advantage in a Global Economy. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 432 p.). Dean of the School of Information (University of California, Berkeley). High technology industries--Developing countries; Immigrants--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County); Cooperative industrial research--California--Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County). Entrepreneurs build regional advantage to compete in global m