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Interesting Times; Reflections on the Long Boom
| Speaker : |
Mr. Donald Grant Senior Fellow,
Department of Electrical Engineering, NUS |
| Date: |
28 October 1999 (Thursday) |
| Time: |
4.00pm - 5.30pm (Light refreshments
will be available from 3.30pm - 4.00pm) |
| Venue: |
Conference Room A, #04-01,
FBA 1 Building,
Faculty of Business Administration, National University
of Singapore |
Abstract
In 1947 Bardeen and Brattain made the first point-contact
transistor, followed six months later by the invention
of the first junction transistor by Shockley . The
consequences of this invention, totally unrecognised
at the time, led directly to the "long boom"
of the late twentieth century. This talk relates the
history of this development by an insider, and examines
some of the questions presented by the present incomprehension
of science and technology in the lay world.
About the Speaker
Donald Grant is a Senior Fellow
in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the
National University of Singapore. He has worked on
the development, production and management of transistors
and integrated circuits since their beginning, starting
in 1954, with Philips, and later with Motorola and
SGS Thomson (now ST). He was a founder member of the
Institute of Microelectronics, as a member of their
Management Board from 1991 onwards, and was manager
of their Failure Analysis department for three years
after retiring from ST in 1993. He joined the NUS
in 1996, and currently teaches postgraduate courses
in microelectronic processing and management.
We are pleased to invite you and your colleagues
to attend the talk. Light refreshments will be available
from 5.30pm - 6.00pm. As there are limited number
of seats available, please register for the talk by
emailing to cmtlab1@nus.edu.sg;
DID: 8745149 or Fax: 7753955 with your name, designation,
company name and email address. |
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