Word: microchipping
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...draw on the talents of writers in other departments. This week's cover story, for example, was the work of Senior Writer Fred Golden, who as TIME's science editor has observed the metamorphosis of computer technology from the days of the transistor to today's microchip...
...effect of computers-from complex telecommunications systems to pocket calculators-and their use by both giant corporations and the smallest retail businesses have hit our society with the velocity of a true technological revolution. Lifestyles, as well as thought processes, are subject to the impact of the microchip. To keep readers abreast of this fast-developing scene, TIME is pleased to unveil its Computers department...
Other firms were started by Stanford University professors. William Shockley, co-inventor of the transistor, taught electrical engineering at Stanford. Eight alumni of Shockley Transistor Corp., which he founded in 1956, went on to form Fairchild Camera and Instrument, which launched the microchip industry. Some 53 so-called Fairchildren who left the firm have started their own semiconductor companies...
...game companies bring in packs of sockless teen-agers to play prototypes, and hire as consultants professors of almost anything?engineering, psychology computer science, possibly even medieval French literature. At Bally, three teams of about 25 engineers, artists, computer programmers and game developers work on translating ideas into intricate microchip circuitry. One project started three years ago in Bally's Midway division as a black-and-white game called Catch 40. A little man ran back and forth trying to catch falling objects on his head. As the game progressed, the objects fell faster and faster. Early tests showed that...
...tiny silicon-based flakes that are the all-important components of computer circuitry. But profits from this bread-and-butter portion of the company's business are being pummeled by an economic slump in the U.S. and Europe. Because demand for computer parts has dropped sharply, the entire microchip industry is suffering from serious overcapacity that has resulted in fierce price-cutting competition...