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Which pioneering company, founded by a transistor co-inventor, attracted the "traitorous eight" engineers to California?

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Correct answer: Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory

William Shockley co-invented the transistor and set up his laboratory in Mountain View, California, to commercialize it. However, his difficult management style led eight brilliant engineers to resign and start Fairchild Semiconductor, effectively birthing what we now call Silicon Valley. Photo: Dicklyon at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.

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