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The Effect of Stanford on the Bay Area

By Huegli
  • Leland Stanford Junior University Founded

    Leland Stanford Junior University Founded

    Stanford University was founded with the passing of Leland Stanford's only child to typhoid at the age of 15.
  • Frederick Terman Returns to Stanford

    Frederick Terman Returns to Stanford

  • Hewlett-Packard Company Founded

    Hewlett-Packard Company Founded

  • World War 2 Begins

    World War 2 Begins

    World War 2 Begins
  • Pearl Harbor and the Pacific Theatre

    Pearl Harbor and the Pacific Theatre

    The US officially joins World War 2, fighting on two two fronts and three theatres: European Theatre, African Theatre, and Pacific Theatre. The Pacific Theatre brings soldiers and military infrastructures to the West Coast, California, and San Francisco Bay Area.
  • End of World War 2

    End of World War 2

    As soldiers come home from the Pacific Theatre, many soldiers decide to settle down in the Bay Area and specifically San Francisco.
  • Invention of Transistor

    Invention of Transistor

  • Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory

    Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory

  • The Traitorous Eight and Fairchild Semiconductor

    The Traitorous Eight and Fairchild Semiconductor

  • National Semiconductor Founded

    National Semiconductor Founded

  • Teledyne Technologies Founded

    Teledyne Technologies Founded

  • General Micro-Electronics Founded

    General Micro-Electronics Founded

  • Intel Founded

    Intel Founded

  • Stanford Research Institue Joins ARPANET

    Stanford Research Institue Joins ARPANET

  • AMD Founded

    AMD Founded

  • Silicon Valley Coined by Journalist Don Hoefler

    Silicon Valley Coined by Journalist Don Hoefler

  • Xicor Founded

    Xicor Founded