Bill Roesch oral history recording Part 2
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Title
Bill Roesch oral history recording Part 2
Description
Part 2 of an audio recording of an oral history of Bill Roesch. on the semiconductor industry in Washington County, particularly at the companies Tektronix and TriQuint. This section includes: his early interest and education in technology; being recruited to work at Tektronix in the early 1980s; semiconductor technology at Tektronix in the 1980s; daily work in the testing unit at Tektronix; lack of women in the semiconductor industry; demise of mainframe computer terminal manufacturing at Tektronix; creation of spin-off companies; experimental products at Tektronix; origins of TriQuint's gallium arsenide semiconductor business; being recruited to join TriQuint; technological advancements using gallium arsenide components; revenue sources; and other topics. There is a transcript of this interview.
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1 sound file (45 min.)
Language
English
Identifier
WCM_OH_342b
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Contributor
Aurand, Marin
Format
MP3
Type
Sound