For a stylized history of the early industry: The Tinkerings of Robert Noyce, by Tom Wolfe https://web.stanford.edu/class/e145/2007_fall/materials/noyce.html ht

For a stylized history of the early industry: The Tinkerings of Robert Noyce, by Tom Wolfe https://web.stanford.edu/class/e145/2007_fall/materials/noyce.html https://web.stanford.edu/class/e145/2007_fall/materials/noyc... I also read "A History of Silicon Valley" back in college (~2010) and really enjoyed it; looks like it's been updated continuously since then: https://www.scaruffi.com/svhistory/sv.html https://www.scaruffi.com/svhistory/sv.html