Title :
The Bay Area Microwave Corporate Tree
Author :
Gold, Richard B.
Author_Institution :
InnoCal Venture Capital, Palo Alto, CA
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;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 2006. IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9541-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0149-645X
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2006.249907
