E124 - The Making of Silicon Valley, Ep. 3 w/ Margaret O'Mara

Danny and Derek welcome back to the pod Margaret O’Mara, historian and author of The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America, to conclude the story tracing Silicon Valley’s rise until the 21st century. The discussion starts in the late 70s/early 80s and covers the rise of biotech and the personal computer, competition from Japan, government interventions like SEMATECH and the High Performance Computing Act of 1991 (HPCA), the dot-com boom (and bust), and more. Check out the rest of the series here. Be sure to grab a copy of the book! You can find Margaret’s other work at her website.

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