Silicon Quotes

Who do you think made the first stone spears? The Asperger guy. If you were to get rid of all the autism genetics, there would be no more Silicon Valley. - Temple Grandin

What we were able to do was develop a core competency to take basic communications algorithms and convert them directly to silicon. - Henry Nicholas

What we have here is a group of silicon companies who want to try to force the standard to be what they are already trying to build. We don't think that's in the interest of standards process or consumer. - Greg Raleigh

What this tells us is that if you're building nanostructures, the surface is really important. If you make silicon half as thick, you would expect it to conduct half as well. But it turns out that silicon conducts much worse than that if the surface is poorly prepared and much better than that if the surface is well prepared. - Paul Evans

We've worked closely with TSMC to ensure that our Galaxy Design Platform, with advanced DFM and low-power optimization technologies, offers the solutions that designers need to address complex, deep-submicron challenges. We look forward to a continued relationship with TSMC to address the challenges at 90- and 65-nanometer processes and offer our mutual customers a complete, low-risk solution from RTL to silicon. - John Chilton

We've had this program since the mid-1970s and it's really become a part of the corporate culture, not just for Intel but for many other Silicon Valley companies as well... It's funny because you start to measure things in 7-year increments. If you say, 'I've been here for six years,' someone will always say, 'Oh! One more year till sabbatical.' - Tracy Koon

We've got a Silicon Valley mentality, a startup feel, long days, weekends -- that's the culture we want to promote. We've never really looked at what anybody else was going to do. - David Krell

We're very excited about this new venture. This is the realization of a vision Tom and Louis brought to us several years ago. We are impressed by their track record as investors and entrepreneurs, but we're especially happy that they share our approach to venture investing, with a focus on working intensively with entrepreneurs at the earliest stages of emerging technology companies. With their location in the heart of one of the most vibrant technology hubs in Canada, they enable us to span the North American continent, while we will facilitate their access to the Silicon Valley hub for emerging technologies. - Bill Reichert

We're seeing a lot of Fortune 200 companies that are coming to Silicon Valley looking to find innovative companies. - Ray Lane