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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W1S_from-sea-scouts-to-environmental-volunteers-historical_Palo-Alto-CA.html
In 1941, this unique building stood at the edge of a yacht harbor. It was constructed for the Sea Scouts, a part of the Boy Scouts of America. After 50 years of use, the Sea Scout left the base in 1991. It was five years after Palo Alto residents …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10JE_semiconductor-planar-process-and-integrated-circuit-1959_Palo-Alto-CA.html
The 1959 invention of the Planar Process by Jean A. Hoerni and the Integrated Circuit (IC) based on planar technology by Robert N. Noyce catapulted the semiconductor industry into the silicon IC era. This pair of pioneering inventions lead to the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10JD_first-commercially-practicable-integrated-circuit_Palo-Alto-CA.html
At this site in 1959, Dr. Robert Noyce of Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation invented the first integrated circuit that could be produced commercially. Based on "planar" technology, an earlier Fairchild breakthrough, Noyce's invention consisted o…
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