The term “Silicon Valley” usually refers to the Santa Clara Valley in California.Silicon Valley became famous as the birthplace of the silicon-based transistor in the 1950s. A man named Don Hoefler later entered the nickname into the public consciousness through …
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#17 Daily dose : The IBM SAGE – The heavyweight of all the computers
When the Soviet Union detonated their first atomic bomb on August 29, 1949, the United States government concluded that it needed a real-time, state-of-the-art air defense system. It turned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which in turn recruited companies …
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