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| − | * 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]) - | + | * 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 |
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Latest revision as of 14:52, 6 July 2025
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 drives; it is considered to be one of the early Silicon Valley entities.
Further reading
- Timothy J. Sturgeon, How Silicon Valley Came to Be, Chapter 1 in Understanding Silicon Valley: Anatomy of an Entrepreneurial Region, Stanford University, 2000 (archived here) - includes coverage of the evolution of Ampex, starting in WWII
