The History Man – Cover Story
Tom Lee is a man on a mission. That mission is to bust some of the myths surrounding the history of the semiconductor industry with the glee and enthusiasm that only a genuinely positive minded iconoclast could muster.
By day, Professor Thomas H Lee is the founder and head of the respected Stanford Microwave Integrated Circuits Laboratory (SMIrC). However, by night (and occasionally at lunchtime),
If you were lucky enough to catch his presentation at last December’s International Electron Devices Meeting – or have seen it in any of its gradually mutating and growing forms over the last two decades – you will know what we are talking about. If not, then trust us, because the fundamental content and story behind ‘The History of the Integrated Circuit: A Random Walk’ are worth knowing.
