Fairchild Eight

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group of engineers historical business group

Fairchild Eight refers to the group of eight engineers who left Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory in 1957 to found Fairchild Semiconductor, a pivotal company in the early semiconductor and Silicon Valley industry.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	group of engineers → historical business group →
alsoKnownAs	Traitorous Eight →
associatedWithCompany	Advanced Micro Devices → Intel Corporation → National Semiconductor →
associatedWithPerson	William Shockley →
associatedWithPlace	Silicon Valley →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
describedAs	founding fathers of Silicon Valley →
fieldOfWork	integrated circuits → transistor technology →
formedAt	Mountain View, California →
formedIn	1957 →
foundedOrganization	Fairchild Semiconductor →
hasNumberOfMembers	8 →
historicalContext	post–World War II electronics industry →
industry	semiconductor industry →
leftOrganization	Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory →
legacy	catalyst for the creation of Silicon Valley startup culture → source of numerous semiconductor spin-off companies →
member	Eugene Kleiner → Gordon Moore → Jay Last → Jean Hoerni → Julius Blank → Robert Noyce → Sheldon Roberts → Victor Grinich →
notableMemberFounded	Eugene Kleiner co-founded Kleiner Perkins venture capital firm → Gordon Moore co-founded Intel Corporation → Robert Noyce founded Intel Corporation →
parentOrganizationOfFoundedCompany	Fairchild Camera and Instrument →
reasonForDeparture	dissatisfaction with William Shockley’s management →
significance	pivotal in early Silicon Valley history →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Traitorous Eight →	hasAlternativeName