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by lock-free
2025 days ago
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Lots of places contributed to WWII research initiatives. Why not Chicago, where the first nuclear reactor was built? Or Boston, with MIT whose research labs churned out fire control systems and computers? Or Los Angeles, with its defense powerhouses and UCLA/Cal-Tech? Or Detroit? Or anywhere else in the US with given the wartime mobilization? Because Shockley moved here. Fairchild was founded here, and the Fairchildren built Silicon Valley and its venture capitalism. |
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