the Traitorous Eight

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group of engineers historical group

The Traitorous Eight were a group of engineers who left Shockley Semiconductor in 1957 to found Fairchild Semiconductor, a pivotal company in the birth of Silicon Valley.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	group of engineers → historical group →
associatedWith	integrated circuit development → planar transistor technology →
basedIn	Santa Clara Valley → Silicon Valley →
country	United States →
employerBeforeDeparture	Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory →
field	electronics → semiconductor engineering →
formedIn	1957 →
foundedOrganization	Fairchild Semiconductor →
hasAlternativeName	Fairchild Eight →
hasNickname	Traitorous Eight →
historicalRole	early founders of the modern semiconductor industry →
industry	semiconductors →
influenced	Silicon Valley startup culture → venture capital industry in Silicon Valley →
leftOrganization	Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory →
legacy	spawned many Silicon Valley companies through Fairchild alumni →
locationOfEvent	Mountain View, California →
member	Eugene Kleiner → Gordon Moore → Jay Last → Jean Hoerni → Julius Blank → Robert Noyce → Sheldon Roberts → Victor Grinich →
nicknameGivenBy	William Shockley →
notableMember	Eugene Kleiner → Gordon Moore → Robert Noyce →
reasonForLeaving	disagreements with William Shockley → dissatisfaction with Shockley’s management style →
relatedEvent	founding of Intel Corporation → rise of Fairchild Semiconductor as a major chip manufacturer →
significance	pivotal in the birth of Silicon Valley →
timePeriod	1960s Silicon Valley expansion → late 1950s →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Jay Last ("traitorous eight") → Robert N. Noyce → Sheldon Roberts ("Traitorous Eight") →	memberOf
Fairchild Eight ("Traitorous Eight") →	alsoKnownAs
Fairchild Camera and Instrument ("Traitorous Eight") →	associatedWith
Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory ("the traitorous eight") →	employed
Traitorous Eight ("Traitorous Eight") →	hasNickname