 Ferranti: Monolithic MicrocircuitsLuke Georghiou, J. Stanley Metcalfe, Michael Gibbons, Tim Ray and Janet Evans Chapter 9 in Post-Innovation Performance, 1986, pp 146-156 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract During the early development of semiconductor electronic components individual products had their own particular function, which in each case was roughly analogous to the function performed by a given type of thermionic valve. While the use of semiconductor components provided significant advantages over valves (in particular smaller physical size, lower power consumption and, once the devices had become established commercial products, lower unit-costs) these components, like valves, were manufactured as individual items and then wired together to make a circuit. However, by the early 1960s leading semiconductor manufacturers in America (notably Fairchild and Texas Instruments) had developed commercial processes that were capable of forming interconnected arrangements of components on a single chip of semiconductor material. These chips, or integrated circuits, enabled the functions of a number of electronic components to be performed by a single device. Keywords: Logic Gate; Texas Instrument; Very Large Scale Integration; Circuit Structure; American Firm (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-07455-6_14 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-07455-6_14 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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