Walt Mathews - HoF

Summary : Walt Mathews, more than any other individual, was responsible for giving the semiconductor equipment industry its own presence separate from the semiconductor industry

Walt Mathews (1995), more than any other individual, was responsible for giving the semiconductor equipment industry its own presence separate from the semiconductor industry

People now know it is semiconductor equipment that makes the chips inside their computers, and that
Semiconductor equipment is at the beginning of the technology food chain
He left a successful career as a journalist to found the first PR agency dedicated to promoting the chip equipment industry

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