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Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory, later known as Shockley Transistor Corporation, was a pioneering semiconductor developer founded by William Shockley, and funded by Beckman Instruments, Inc., in 1955.
Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory develops Northern California's first prototype silicon devices while training young engineers and scientists for the future Silicon Valley.
In 1956, Shockley started Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory in Mountain View, California, which was close to his elderly mother in Palo Alto, California. The company, a division of Beckman Instruments, Inc., was the first establishment working on silicon semiconductor devices in what came to be known as Silicon Valley.
May 25, 2018 · The Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory in Mountain View, founded by William Shockley in 1956, was the first company in the area to research and manufacture silicon-based semiconductors.
Feb 10, 2016 · In 1945 Shockley returned to Bell Labs to manage a group in Murray Hill, New Jersey seeking a semiconductor replacement for the vacuum tube. Under his direction, John Bardeen and Walter H. Brattain demonstrated a germanium point-contact transistor in 1947.
Dec 2, 2001 · His decision to establish Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory in Palo Alto was motivated by two factors.
He resigned his post of Director of the Transistor Physics Department to become Director of the Shockley Semi-conductor Laboratory of Beckman Instruments, Inc., at Mountain View, California, for research development and production of new transistor and other semiconductor devices.
