Washington County Oral Histories

Bill Roesch oral history recording Part 2

Part 2 of an audio recording of an oral history of Bill Roesch. on the semiconductor industry in Washington County, particularly at the companies Tektronix and TriQuint. This section includes: his early interest and education in technology; being recruited to work at Tektronix in the early 1980s; semiconductor technology at Tektronix in the 1980s; daily work in the testing unit at Tektronix; lack of women in the semiconductor industry; demise of mainframe computer terminal manufacturing at Tektronix; creation of spin-off companies; experimental products at Tektronix; origins of TriQuint's gallium arsenide semiconductor business; being recruited to join TriQuint; technological advancements using gallium arsenide components; revenue sources; and other topics. There is a transcript of this interview.

Roesch, Bill

High Tech collection

Washington County (Or.) -- History

High technology

Washington County (Or.)

1 sound file (45 min.)

English

WCM_OH_342b

In Copyright

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Five Oaks Museum

Aurand, Marin

MP3

Sound