| Description |
Sound files ; digital, mp3 file |
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Transcript : (122 leaves) ; 29 cm. |
| Series |
Chemical Heritage Foundation Oral history transcript ; 0311.
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| Note |
Interview conducted by David C. Brock and Christophe Lecuyer at Los Altos and Sonoma, California. |
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This oral history is one in a series supported by grants from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. |
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This series is an important resource for the history of semiconductor electronics, documenting the life and career of Gordon E. Moore, including his experience and those of others in Shockley Semiconductor, Fairchild Semiconductor, Intel, as well as contexts beyond the semiconductor industry. |
| Summary |
Leslie L. Vadasz begins the oral history interview describing his childhood in Budapest during World War II. He began an undergraduate mechanical engineering program before continuing in solid state physics at McGill University. Vadasz joined Fairchild Semiconductor, where he helped develop the silicon gate process and later at Intel Corporationhe researched erasable programmable read-only memory. Vadasz recounts his role as general manager of the microcomputer components division and its interactions with the semiconductor industry. Vadasz concludes the interview with remarks on the importance of technical knowledge in both developmental and managerial work. |
| Cite As |
Leslie L. Vadasz interviewed by David C. Brock and Christophe Lécuyer at Los Altos and Sonoma, California. (Philadelphia : Chemical Heritage Foundation, Oral History Transcript 0311.) |
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Sound files Science History Institute. |
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Transcript Science History Institute. |
| Use |
No restrictions on access. Reproduction and use with permission. Chemical Heritage Foundation. |
| Biography |
Born in Budapest, Hungary on September 12, 1936. Education: B.S.E.E., electrical engineering, McGill University (1961), AMP Harvard Business School (1990). Employment: 1961-1964 Transitron Corporation, Wakefield, Massachusetts ; 1964-1968 Fairchild Semiconductor, 1968- Intel Corporation. |
| Indexes |
Transcript has been indexed. |
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Part or all of this item has been digitized by Science History Institute. |
| Subject(s) |
Vadasz, Leslie L. -- Interviews.
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Moore, Gordon E., 1929-2023.
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Grove, Andrew S.
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Noyce, Robert N. (Robert Norton), 1927-1990.
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Fairchild (Firm)
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Intel Corporation.
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Electrical engineers -- Biography.
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Electrical engineers -- Interviews.
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Microelectronics industry -- California -- Santa Clara County.
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Electronic industries.
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Metal oxide semiconductors, Complementary.
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Interviews. aat
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Oral histories. lcgft
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| Alternate Author |
Brock, David C., interviewer.
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Lécuyer, Christophe, interviewer.
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Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
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Chemical Heritage Foundation.
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| Alternate Title |
Leslie L. Vadasz oral history interview. |
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