Interview with W. Jerry Sanders, 2002 October 18
- Title:
- Interview with W. Jerry Sanders, 2002 October 18
- Author:
- Sanders, W. Jerry
- Author (no Collectors):
- Sanders, W. Jerry
- Description:
- W. Jerry Sanders, former President and CEO of AMD (Advanced Micro Devices), discusses his 40 year career and business philosophy. 00:00:27 Interviewer provides some background information in a voiceover. 00:01:06 Sanders discusses his upbringing, education, going to work at Douglas Aircraft Company, and then at Motorola. 00:10:22 Discusses working at Fairchild startings as a Sales Engineer and eventually being promoted to the Worldwide Marketing Director, and his fallout with Fairchild. 00:26:08 Discusses starting AMD (Advanced Micro Devices), developing the business plan, raising money, expanding MOS capability, AMD’s rise to success, its management style of prioritizing people first, and the importance of content and design for process technology. 00:43:14 Discussion of monopolies in the industry, free trade and open markets being important for innovation, and the demise of Fairchild. 00:57:28 Discusses the future of wafer fabs, the lifetime of fabs, and looking back at Sanders' experiences in the semiconductor industry. Interviews by Rob Walker, October 18, 2002, in Sunnyvale, California.
- Topic:
- Semiconductors and New business enterprises
- Subject:
- Douglas Aircraft Company, Motorola, Inc. Semiconductor Products Division, Fairchild (Firm), and Advanced Micro Devices (Firm)
- Language:
- English
- Date:
- October 18, 2002
- Imprint:
- October 18, 2002
- Genre:
- Filmed interviews
- Identifier:
- m0741_sanders_2002-10-18
- 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