Tell us who, for people who don't know, you know, the history of William Shockley and the transistor, give us a little thumbnail sketch of his involvement with it.

NPR: Electronics Pioneer William Shockley's Legacy

Almost every one of these emerging market companies actually, besides having a pretty good website of their own today, for obvious reasons, has a pretty good page on Wikipedia, where you can get a thumbnail sketch in about two and a half minutes.

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