All of the week two readings were basic review for me as I have a background in the semiconductor industry. My second job after graduating from college was working for a company that made polishing consumables used primarily in the semiconductor industry. I had tremendous fun doing everything from government and public relations to communications work. I got to watch a small company of 300 employees grow to well over 1300 as an indirect result of Moore’s Law. Polishing consumables were necessary in order to created a flat substrate to design smaller and smaller circuitry. Our challenge was to create increasingly perfect flat surfaces for the IC design. Eventually our company was acquired by Rohm & Haas and is now a part of their electronics division.
I really enjoyed the link to the Computer History Museum. I have young children, one of whom is really into computers, and I am looking forward to testing the link out as a teaching tool. Since my goal is to become a school librarian, I am always looking for things to fill my “resource list.”
This blog began with my librarian journey in 2008. It’s named for my disheveled barnyard in Radnor, PA -- but the majority of the content is dedicated to education, libraries, and YA literature.
2 comments:
I enjoyed your take on the week 2 readings - a really interesting point of view from someone on the front lines. A lot of the hard work that went into shrinking chip size went unmentioned in the readings and video for the week.
Random question: did you do JET? I used to live in Osaka.
Melissa,
Wow, review sounds like fun. I knew absolutely nothing about what was being mentioned.
I love that you want to work w/children and that you want to test things out with your own.
Joan
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