This Crocker First National Bank advertisement from c. 1941 promotes "A Service for Busy People."
Walter Cronkite is host for the definitive documentary on the cradle of technological civilization. This fascinating film visually captures the origins and essence of Americas hi-tech Shangri-La. More than a history of computing, this program shows how the mecca of computer technology caused a fundamental shift in American society, a transformation similar to the advances which occurred during the Renaissance. Viewers are introduced to the inventors, scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs whose visions created the Silicon Valley phenomenon and its limitless consequences for the future. Fred Terman, the founder of Silicon Valley, Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard of Hewlett-Packard Company, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak of Apple Computer, and Scott McNealy of Sun Microsystems are just a few of the pioneers who talk about their contributions on camera. Broadcast on PBS stations nationwide. Production Date: 1998
The impact of technology throughout history is reviewed and analyzed for the non-technical audience. Comparisons are made between windmills, electricity, computers, steel, the printing press and television. A brief history of technology in Silicon Valley guides the readers through the dot.com boom and bust. Quotes from Hewlett, Packard, Jobs and others are interspersed through the colorful photographs. Note: Steve Jobs personally wrote the Apple profile in 2001 for this book. Companies profiled in this book include: NEC Electronics; Samsung Semiconductor; Mentor Graphics Corporation; Linear Technology; Cypress Semiconductor; Asyst Technologies; Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.; Infineon Technologies; Atmel Corporation; Flextronics International Ltd.; Inktomi Corporation; Hewlett-Packard Company; Avaya; Oracle Corporation; Cisco Systems; Adobe Systems; Quantum Corporation; Fujitsu Software Corporation; Adaptec, Inc.; Hitachi, Ltd.; Autodesk; Apple; Sound Advantage LLC; Trend Micro, Inc.; Network Appliance SONICblue Incorporated; Varian Medical Systems; Agilent Technologies; SRI International; Acuson Corporation; Coherent, Inc.; IBM Corporation; Intel Corporation; Siemens AG; Tyco Electronics Corporation; Therma, Incl; Bank of America; Pacific Maintenance; PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP; Toeniskoetter & Breeding, Inc.; Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati; Keeble and Shuchat; Alain Pinel Realtors. Authors: Carol Whiteley & John McLaughlin Publication Date: 2002 Page Count: 127 pages ISBN: 0964921715
