A colorful 100 year history of Silicon Valley. Chronicles the stages of development from the establishment of Stanford University to the present technological powerhouse. Over 70 technology company histories run chronologically throughout. Used as a primary reference text by most of the international news organizations, as a high school and college textbook and as a coffee table book. Companies profiled in this book include: United Defense; Hewlett-Packard; IBM Corporation; SRI International; Varian Associates; Unisys Corporation; National Semiconductor; Loral Corporation; Wiltron Company; Rudolph and Sletten; Sobrato Development, Ricoh Corporation, Philips Semiconductors; Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati; Siliconix, Inc.; Coherent, Inc.; Intel Corporation; Applied Materials; ALZA Corporation; Boole & Babbage; Tandem Computers; Advanced Micro Devices; Siemens, Rolm Communications; Etec Systems, Inc.; Northern Telecom; Gray, Cary, Ware & Freidenrich; Knight-Ridder Information; Oracle Corporation; Apple Computer; Quantum Corporation; Collagen-Laserscope-Resound; KLA Instruments; Heuristics Search; Silicon Valley Group; Trimble; Microtek Labs Inc.; Adobe Systems; Sun Microsystems; Cirrus Logic, Inc.; Pyramid Technology; Xilinx, Inc.; Silicon Graphics, Inc.; Symantec; Cisco Systems, Inc.; Linear Technology; MIPS Technologies; Cypress Semiconductor; Storage Dimensions; San Francisco Production Group; GTE Mobilnet; Komag; Autodesk, Inc.; Acuson Corporation; Radius, Inc.; Conner Peripherals; Network General; Frame Technology; Bay Networks; Lucas NovaSensor; ASCI; Target Therapeutics; CKS Group; S3 Incorporated; Madge Networks; Bergeson, Eliopoulos, Grady & Gray; Asante Technologies; SunRize Industries; Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley. Authors: John McLaughlin & Ward Winslow Publication Date: 1996 Page Count: 141 pages ISBN: 0-9649217-0-7 Format: Hardcover
VARIAN: 50 Years of Innovative Excellence: A History of Varian Associates, Inc. from 1948 to 1998 is the authorized 50 year history of Varian Associates written by the Santa Clara Valley Historical Association with the complete cooperation of Varian Associates. Chapters in this book include: The Founders and Their Ideals; Early Days in San Carlos; The Active Role of the Board of Directors; Affinity with Stanford University and the Move to Stanford Land; Multiplying Technologies; The Klystron; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Applications; The Vaclon Pump; Medical Linear Accelerators; The End of the Beginning; The Acquisition Years; A New Hand at the Helm; Selling Promising But Problematic Operations; Pioneering the Minicomputer; Selling Syva to Syntex; Opportunities Lost — CT Scanners and Ultrasound; New Management Undertakes Restructuring; The Difficult Mid-'80s; A New Approach to Leadership; Attaining Operational Excellence; Exiting Electron Devices; Health Care's Emergence; Instruments and Vacuum; Challenging the Chip Cycles; Accelerating Profitable Growth; Epilogue: The Second Half Century. Author: Ward Winslow Publication Date: 1998 Page Count: 96 pages ISBN: 0964921774
