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The 19 pages that link to William Shockley, each with the reason it gives.

• Stanford UniversityRelated: His laboratory helped seed the semiconductor industry near Stanford.

• Bell LabsRelated: At Bell Labs, he helped develop the transistor and explain its semiconductor behavior.

• TransistorRelated: His junction design offered a more practical structure than the first point-contact device.

• Silicon ValleyRelated: His company brought semiconductor research and talent to the area, despite its short life.

• John BardeenRelated: Shockley led the Bell Labs group with Bardeen and Brattain, then developed a different transistor design.

• Bipolar junction transistorRelated: His junction-transistor work provided the design foundation for the bipolar device.

• Field-effect transistorRelated: His junction device provided a practical early field-effect transistor design.

• Fairchild SemiconductorRelated: His management of Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory prompted the founders’ departure.

• Robert NoyceRelated: Noyce joined Shockley’s laboratory before leaving with colleagues to establish Fairchild Semiconductor.

• Solid-state physicsRelated: His device research helped establish semiconductor electronics.

• Walter BrattainRelated: Shockley directed the research group and developed a distinct transistor design after the point-contact invention.

• Gordon MooreRelated: Moore worked at Shockley’s laboratory before joining the group that founded Fairchild Semiconductor.

• Frederick TermanRelated: Terman recruited Shockley to Stanford, helping draw semiconductor research and industry to the region.

• Junction transistorRelated: His theory and device work shaped the junction transistor’s development.

• Point-Contact TransistorRelated: He led the Bell Labs group whose work preceded the device's demonstration.

• Bill HewlettRelated: The semiconductor ventures around Stanford grew from an industrial ecosystem Hewlett and Packard helped establish.

• Electronic circuitRelated: His work helped make compact solid-state circuits possible.

• History of electronics engineeringRelated: His work helped turn the transistor from a laboratory discovery into a device family.

• History of the transistorRelated: His junction design became a more practical successor to the original point-contact device.