5 The Early Semiconductor Industry

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
4. ABBREVIATIONS xiii
5. 1 Introduction 1
6. 2 The First Information Revolution 21
7. 3 Technological Origins of the Second Information Revolution, 1940–1950 47
8. 4 The SAGE Project 70
9. I The Separate Worlds of Computers and Communications, 1950–1968
10. 5 The Early Semiconductor Industry 83
11. 6 The Early Commercial Computer Industry 96
12. 7 The Regulated Monopoly Telephone Industry 112
13. II Boundary Disputes and Limited Competition, 1969–1984
14. 8 Data Communications 139
15. 9 From Mainframes to Microprocessors 155
16. 10 The Computer-Communications Boundary 170
17. 11 Fringe Competition in Long Distance Telephone Service 186
18. 12 Divestiture and Access Charges 200
19. III Interconnected Competition and Integrated Services, 1985–2002
20. 13 Mobile Telephones and Spectrum Reform 219
21. 14 Local Competition and the Telecommunications Act of 1996 244
22. 15 The Internet and the World Wide Web 266
23. 16 Conclusion 287
24. References 305
25. Index 311