Microprocessor Chronicles
{{Short description|Documentary film about Silicon Valley}}
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Image:Microprocessor chronicles DVD.jpgThe Microprocessor Chronicles is a documentary by filmmaker Rob Walker. Walker, who cofounded LSI Logic, created the film to document the growth and history of Silicon Valley. The work includes interviews with persons famous among notables in the microprocessor world. It discusses technical evolution of the microprocessor and marketing of devices.
The film is part of a series by Walker named Silicon Genesis. Another film in the series, The Fairchild Chronicles, talks about Mountain View's Fairchild Semiconductor. The series is supported by Stanford University.
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- [http://www.thesilicongenesiscollection.com/detail.cfm?productID=46C413CD-EBDF-4097-E02042F49C3F7C09 Microprocessor Chronicles documentary home page.]
- [http://www.stanford.edu/dept/news/pr/2006/pr-intel-091306.html Stanford University news release about the film.]
- {{Cite book |last=S. Malone |first=Michael |title=The Microprocessor: A Biography |publisher=Springer |date=June 22, 2012 |isbn=1461384354 |edition=978-1461384359 |language=English}}
- {{Cite book |last=Malone |first=Michael S. |title=The Big Score: The Billion Dollar Story of Silicon Valley |publisher=Stripe Press |date=July 20, 2021 |isbn=1953953166 |edition=Kindle |language=English}}
Category:Documentary films about computing
Category:2006 documentary films
Category:American documentary films
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