Word: siliconing
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Integrated Circuits In 1958 Jack Kilby fashioned the first microchip out of a single slice of silicon (it had one transistor); in 1959 Robert Noyce figured out how to get all the electronics on a chip talking. The invention spawned Intel, along with a thriving computer industry...
...company puts out every month. Windows XP made its debut in 2001 with some 45 million lines of code and a lot of mistakes, many of which have yet to be uncovered. Because of its complexity, "no other product could potentially be so flawed," says Jerry Ungerman, president of Silicon Valley's Check Point Software. No consumer movement has sprung up demanding a Windows recall just yet, but a car with this many problems would be a tort lawyer's joyride...
...church service, with an opening hymn, a blessing over the bread and wine and readings about Magdalene from the four Gospels. There was no priest, but Turner herself read what, if this were a Mass, might be a homily. "From the beginning," she intoned as the sun sank over Silicon Valley, "her view has been ignored, unappreciated. The first to see the risen Lord--those with more power have sought to marginalize her. Yet she is faithful. She remains. She cannot be silenced." --Reported by Lisa McLaughlin
...more than 34 million people wasn?t hard: Plenty of Californians are angry after witnessing their state get sucked down a financial black hole during the past three years. In 2001, price gouging energy companies took advantage of botched deregulation to subject the state to rolling blackouts. Shortly afterward, Silicon Valley?s tech bubble burst, ending the state?s incredible economic growth. Now Davis and state legislators can?t seem to work together to pass a budget. It?s enough to make anyone call for heads to roll, and Davis certainly deserves some...
...Silicon Valley rumors abounded that Oracle was looking to buy someone out. The name mentioned most often was that of Tom Siebel, another of Ellison's estranged proteges and CEO of Siebel Systems. Siebel executive vice president David Schmaier, however, says the company is an "acquirer" as opposed to an "acquiree." (Ellison describes Siebel as "in play" but says the company is too vulnerable for him to consider purchasing...