Interview with Harry Sello, 1995 April 08
- Title:
- Interview with Harry Sello, 1995 April 08
- Author:
- Sello, Harry
- Author (no Collectors):
- Sello, Harry
- Description:
- Harry Sello discusses his research experience and his career in the semiconductor industry. 00:00:40 Harry Sello and his wife show Rob Walker around their home. 00:02:35 Sello discusses his education and working for Bill Shockley at Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory. 00:11:00 Discusses going to work at Fairchild Semiconductor and the invention of the planar structure at Fairchild, which changed the course of the semiconductor industry. 00:21:00 Discussion of integrated circuits and working in Italy as the Operations Manager for the joint venture between Fairchild and SGS (Societa Generale Semiconduttore). 00:41:16 Discusses electromigration, and his experiences being on television programs. 00:52:55 Discusses the natural movement of technology in the semiconductor industry, Fairchild and Mortorla, the Wagon Wheel, and the Tungsram contract. 01:05:50 Discusses Schlumberger buying Fairchild, and Tom Roberts. 01:15:21 Discusses the Tungsram contract, and a contract with the Ministry of Electronic Industry in China. 01:30:54 Discusses working at other companies and projects after leaving Fairchild. Interviewed by Rob Walker, April 8, 1995, in Woodside, California.
- Topic:
- Semiconductors, Electrodiffusion (Electromigration), Consolidation and merger of corporations, and Planar transistors
- Subject:
- Shell Union Oil Corporation, Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory, Fairchild (Firm), and SGS (Societa Generale Semiconduttore)
- Language:
- English
- Date:
- April 08, 1995
- Imprint:
- April 8, 1995
- Genre:
- Filmed interviews
- Identifier:
- m0741_sello_1995-04-08
- Repository:
- Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
- Notes:
- Reformatted by Stanford University Libraries 2017-2018.
- Collection:
- Silicon genesis : oral history interviews of Silicon Valley scientists, 1995-2010
- Manuscript number:
- M0741