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1956 establishments in California1968 disestablishments in CaliforniaAmerican companies established in 1956Companies based in Mountain View, CaliforniaCompanies based in Silicon Valley
Computer-related introductions in 1956Defunct manufacturing companies based in the San Francisco Bay AreaDefunct semiconductor companies of the United StatesElectronics companies established in 1956Fabless semiconductor companiesHistory of Silicon ValleyManufacturing companies disestablished in 1968Manufacturing companies established in 1956Technology companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area
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Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory was a pioneering semiconductor developer founded by William Shockley, and funded by Beckman Instruments, Inc., in 1955. It was the first high technology company in what came to be known as Silicon Valley to work on silicon-based semiconductor devices. In 1957, the eight leading scientists resigned and became the core of what became Fairchild Semiconductor. Shockley Semiconductor never recovered from this departure, and was purchased by Clevite in 1960, then sold to ITT in 1968, and shortly after, officially closed. The building remained, but was repurposed as a retail store. By 2015 plans were made to demolish the site to develop a new building complex. By 2017 the site was redeveloped with new signage marking it as the "Real Birthplace of Silicon Valley."

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