purl.stanford.edu/th149rh8375
Title:
- Interview with Jay T. Last, 2007 September 15
- Last, Jay T.
Description:
- Jay Last discusses his career as one of the group of eight who founded Fairchild Semiconductor in September 1957. 00:00:18 Last discusses his early life and eduction. 00:03:21 Discusses being recruited by William Shockley to work at the Shockley Semiconductor Labs, and his early projects at Shockley Labs. 00:07:27 Discusses working with Shockley and his personality. 00:08:37 Discusses why he and seven other Schockley employees left to form Fairchild. 00:12:37 Discusses the first few week of Fairchild, the other founders, and their focus on transistors. 00:19:00 Discusses working with Noyce making making the step-repeat-camera and photo resists. 00:21:14 Discusses making the Planar Transistor. 00:35:01 Discusses how the changing field of technology causes companies to lag behind to get in front of the curve. 00:37:39 Discusses Texas Instruments’ Integrated Circuits and its impact on Fairchild. 00:49:10 Discusses how much of Fairchild’s equipment was bought or made in-house. 00:53:04 Discusses his decision and the events leading up to him leaving Fairchild. 01:00:43 Discusses his work at Amelco, competition with Fairchild, and leaving Amelco. Interviewed by Craig Addison, September 15, 2007, in Beverly Hills, California.
Topic:
- Semiconductors, Transistors, Integrated circuits, New business enterprises, Planar transistors, and Dynamic random access memory
Subject:
- Shockley Semiconductor Labs, Fairchild (Firm), and Amelco
Language:
- English
Date:
- September 15, 2007
Imprint:
- September 15, 2007
Genre:
- Filmed interviews
Identifier:
- m0741_last_2007-09-15
Repository:
- Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Notes:
- Reformatted by Stanford University Libraries 2017-2018.
Collection:
- Silicon genesis : oral histories of semiconductor technology, 1995-2025
Manuscript number:
- M0741
Exhibit Tags:
- Shockley LabFairchildSEMI (Industry Association)