Silicon Valley is known worldwide as the global center of high tech

innovation. In large part, the spark that ignited Silicon Valley's explosive

growth can be traced back to a 50 year-old dispute that occurred in the building

at 391 San Antonio Road, Mountain View, California, home of Shockley

Transistor.

In the 1950s William Shockley was considered a "God" in the

electronics world. He led the Bell Labs team that invented the transistor in

1948. With funding from Arnold Beckman -- a wealthy scientist-businessman --

Shockley established the Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory in 1955. Shockley

went against Beckman's recommendation to set up in southern California, near

Beckman's own company, and established the lab in a former Quonset hut at 391

San Antonio. This video recounts Shockley and how his traitorous eight went on

to found the chip industry.