In 1957 Robert Noyce was one of the young founders of a new semiconductor company in Santa Clara California, and credited with perfecting the integrated circuit. Noyce's innovation, though originally intended for the Apollo Space program, would have huge impact over the way Americans live, making possible smart phones and digital video recorders, pacemakers and microwaves. In telling the story of Noyce and the integrated circuit, this film looks at the monumental impact the microchip had on modern life and reveals the pivotal role Noyce played in transforming a fertile farmland into one of the most creative places on earth -- the hub of technological ingenuity we now know as Silicon Valley. SILICON VALLEY: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE...8pm
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