“They were the largest semiconductor maker in the world up until about 1980. I'm not sure that that can be re-gained again, but their progress in the last few years has been very impressive.”
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The groups that have awarded them are all a little different. It's a little hard to single out any one for that, but I think the dedication of this building would have to go toward the top of the list.
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It was really a very small company when I started and it changed very rapidly during those first periods.
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It's true that the original idea was mine, but what you see today is the work of probably tens of thousands of the world's best engineers, all concentrating on improving the product, reducing the cost, things of that sort.
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I feel my story has been exercised very thoroughly and very frequently.
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Well, it's very dangerous to project, but it's clear that the existing technology has some more years to go.
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