Christophe Lécuyer’s Making Silicon Valley is excellent. https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262622110/making-silicon-valley/ https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262622110/m

Christophe Lécuyer’s Making Silicon Valley is excellent. https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262622110/making-silicon-valley/ https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262622110/making-silicon-valley... It’s about the development of high-tech industry in the valley generally, starting with vacuum tube manufacturers in the 1930s and ending up with Fairchild and other chip firms in the 1970s. Highly recommended.