The Bay Area Microwave Corporate Tree

Author

Gold, Richard B.

Author_Institution

InnoCal Venture Capital, Palo Alto, CA

fYear

2006

fDate

11-16 June 2006

Firstpage

991

Lastpage

991

Abstract

The microwave industry has been an important component of the San Francisco Bay Area economy for many years. Stanford University, government defense contracts and the parallel development of the semiconductor and computer industry have all played key roles in its evolution. The roots of more than one hundred organizations have been analyzed and collected in a genealogical tree. The results of this study help in understanding how the region´s microwave industry developed as it did, and provide insight into prospects for future growth

Keywords

electronics industry; microwave technology; San Francisco bay area economy; Stanford University; computer industry; electronics industry; government defense contracts; microwave corporate tree; microwave industry; microwave technology; military procurement; semiconductor device manufacture; semiconductor industry; Contracts; Defense industry; Electronics industry; Gold; Government; History; Microwave devices; Microwave technology; Silicon; Venture capital; Electronics industry; engineering profession; microwave technology; military procurement; semiconductor device manufacture;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 2006. IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9541-7

Electronic_ISBN

0149-645X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2006.249907

Filename

4015082