By 1955, William Shockley, the inventor of the transistor, had left his position at Bell Labs on the East Coast and founded Shockley Semiconductor in Palo Alto.
1955 年，電晶體發明人蕭克利（William Shockley）從東岸貝爾實驗室落腳矽谷帕洛奧圖，創辦蕭克利電晶體公司。