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Add your stories to the entries in The Fairchild Semiconductor section: http://www.computerhistory.org/corphist

Check out Mike Humphries's entry under Stories, "Was 1970-71 the beginning of the end?" It's just one of several, and what we hope will be mant. We'd love to hear your story!

Organized in a timeline format, the Fairchild Semiconductor entry on the Computer History Museum Corporate Histories Collection website has been created by volunteers with materials and information supplied by alumni and friends of the company. To date the site lists 117 events and 108 original documents plus numerous external references. Some recent additions to the site viewable in pdf format include:

Mimeograph copy of a talk given by Robert Noyce in 1961 exploring "Future Trends in Semiconductors" donated by Harry Sello at: http://www.computerhistory.org/corphist/view.php?s=documents&id=1736

Copy of the internal R & D paper written by Gordon Moore that was edited and published in "Electronics" magazine in 1965 that gave birth to the concept of "Moore's Law" at: http://www.computerhistory.org/corphist/view.php?s=documents&id=1787

Selection of seldom seen photographs of Bob Noyce and Charlie Sporck at the opening of the Fairchild Australia lab in 1966, donated by Bob Major at: http://www.computerhistory.org/corphist/view.php?s=documents&id=1711

Reprint of an article from the June 1974 "Microwire" on the Applications Van signed "To Bill (Bennett) from Jerry (Lawson)" donated by Bill Bennett at: http://www.computerhistory.org/corphist/view.php?s=documents&id=1780

Complete copies of Sales Conference souvenir booklets for years 1962 - 68 and selected pages from most of the annual reports from 1958 - 1978, donated by several people including Bill Welling, Geri Hadley and Robert Blair, are now posted.

To browse the full site visit http://www.computerhistory.org/corphist/index.php. Click on "Fairchild Semiconductor." This will take you to "Company Details." Click on the "Timeline" tab in the "View" menu bar. This will open a chronological timeline screen. You can the scroll down through the entire document or jump to specific periods or themes from the selection boxes.

We will continue to add new documents and events as time permits and new materials are submitted. Let us know if you have something that you think should be included -- contact David Laws at laws@computerhistory.org.