Word: semiconductor
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Faces. Traditional watchmakers are not letting themselves be caught dozing; almost all are regearing for a solid-state bonanza. But inevitably, the technological change is bringing a host of new corporate faces into the watch industry, mostly as manufacturers of components. Among them: Motorola, RCA, Intel and National Semiconductor. The last two not only supply traditional watchmakers, but also have begun turning out finished products of their own. The newcomers are almost all from the computer and radio industries, where much of the solid-state technology originated...
...American and other foreign companies that built factories in Portugal to employ cheap labor. Workers struck the Timex and Bayer corporations, demanding more than 50% raises. All four Firestone tire plants were shut down by discontented employees, while ITT executives bargained anxiously to head off a walkout at the semiconductor plant in Cascais. "The workers are looking for heads to roll," said a nervous Dutch director of ITT. "The situation could erupt at any moment...
...like letters are required, there may be a larger number of segments and back-up circuitry of greater complexity. Even so, many scientists are convinced that in the future light-emitting diodes will be increasingly used in everything from wristwatches to auto dashboards. As Dr. Henry Kressel, head of semiconductor device research at RCA, puts it: "The LED's day has come...
...chancellor, Gray, is an authority on semiconductor electronics and circuit theory. He studied at M. I. T. and has been a member of the teaching staff since 1957. He became associate provost in 1969 and was appointed dean of the Engineering School last year...
...impressed by how swiftly unskilled Asians respond to such training. George A. Needham, head of Motorola Korea Ltd., says that it takes only six weeks to teach girls in Seoul to assemble transistors-or two weeks less than the training period for girls hired by Motorola's other semiconductor plant in Phoenix. His explanation: "These girls need the work more and the discipline in Korea is harder. Life is tough here...