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'''Ampex''' is a company, originally founded in late 1944 to build precision electric motors for use in [[radar]] units, which shortly after WWII diverged into building [[magnetic tape drive]]s; it is considered to be one of the early [[Silicon Valley]] entities.

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==Further reading==

* Timothy J. Sturgeon, [http://ipc-lis.mit.edu/globalization/Silicon%20Valley.pdf ''How Silicon Valley Came to Be''], Chapter 1 in ''Understanding Silicon Valley: Anatomy of an Entrepreneurial Region'', Stanford University, 2000 (archived [https://web.archive.org/web/20110818154349/http://ipc-lis.mit.edu/globalization/Silicon%20Valley.pdf here]) - includes coverage of the evolution of Ampex, starting in WWII

[[Category: Electronics Manufacturers]]