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Talk on Early History of Silicon Valley March 25thThe Saratoga Historical Foundation is sponsoring a lecture by Paul Wesling on "The Origins of Silicon Valley: Why and How It Happened Here" on March 25 at 7:00 PM. The story goes back to the early 1910's, to local ham radio operators trying to break RCA tube patents, angel investors, the sinking of the Titanic, Fred Terman and Stanford University, local invention of high-power tubes, WWII and radar, and the San Francisco Bay Area infrastructure that developed. These factors determined that the semiconductor and IC industries would be located in the Santa Clara Valley and that the Valley would remain the world's innovation center as new technologies emerged -- computers, then software, biotech, virtual reality, autonomous vehicles, and now artificial intelligence -- and it would become the model for innovation worldwide.
Paul Wesling has observed the Valley for decades as an engineer, executive, resident and educator. In this non-technical presentation, he provides the colorful history of technology development that began in Palo Alto, then spread across the Santa Clara Valley during and following WWII.
Advance tickets are $10 per person, and can be reserved here: https://tinyurl.com/3f44f3w4. They will also be sold at the door ($15 cash or check), at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 14103 Saratoga Avenue in Saratoga. Doors open at 6:30 PM.
The lecture is sponsored by the Saratoga Historical Foundation, IEEE, AAUW and Stanford Alumni. Proceeds go to the Saratoga Historical Foundation and youth scholarships.
The museum is located at 20450 Saratoga-Los Gatos Road in Saratoga. Call 408-867-4311 for more information.
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20450 Saratoga-Los Gatos Road, Saratoga, CA, United States, California 95070
