The Real Revolutionaries

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This is the story of technology's "Fairchild Eight" - eight men who became the driving force behind the Digital Age as they built Silicon Valley from the ground up. Determination, jealousy, professional pride and the sheer joy at making the impossible possible drove these men to build the future.

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The Real Revolutionaries

The story of technology's "Fairchild Eight" - eight men who broke away from Nobel prize-winning physicist William Shockley to father a multitude of companies, including the microprocessor manufacturing giant Intel.

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