Victor Grinich

An electrical engineer, Grinich worked for Stanford Research Institute, then for Shockley Semiconductor. But he and seven other top-notch engineers there weren't happy working at Shockley and in 1957 left to form their own company, Fairchild Semiconductor. There, the "Traitorous Eight", as Shockley called the defectors, developed the first commercial integrated circuit, which led to the microprocessor -- and the PC revolution. After leaving Fairchild in the 1960s, Grinich taught at Stanford University and the University of California at Berkeley. He died November 5 from prostate cancer. He was 75. From This is True for 5 November 2000 Suggestions for further reading: The Physics of Solar Cells (Properties of Semiconductor Materials) by Jenny Nelson Amazon Price: $47.53 Customer Review: This is a great book for senior undergrads and graduate students. It focuses on other solar cell materials besides Silicon. It was a great reference for teaching material and I referenced it in my PhD thesis. I recommend this book in addition to M...   Physics of Semiconductor Devices by Simon M. Sze, Kwok K. Ng Amazon Price: $126.93 Customer Review: This book is a great starting point when trying to learn more about a specific topic. It is by no means a text book, but it has its place as an excellent reference. I always find a good path to follow when I start from this book in my research.   CMOS Circuit Design, Layout, and Simulation, Revised Second Edition by R. Jacob Baker Amazon Price: $69.79 Customer Review: The language and structure of this book throw light into the understanding of readers which can create intuitive thinking of CMOS devices. Other than analog or digital circuit design books, it helps the readers to go further in the concrete applicati...   Signal and Power Integrity - Simplified (2nd Edition) by Eric Bogatin Amazon Price: $77.22 Customer Review: I was assigned this book for graduate coursework, and it is wonderful. I have a very limited background in signal integrity, so I can say that this book should be perfect for any electrical engineer or engineering student with a couple years of stand...   Power Electronics: Converters, Applications, and Design by Ned Mohan, Tore M. Undeland, William P. Robbins Amazon Price: $125.17 Customer Review: Great book with excellent questions and thorough analysis of basic analog power circuits and their uses.   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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