The first visit to a new place leaves the deepest marks in your memory. Especially such an exciting destination like Silicon Valley. Where could be a better start for a Silicon Valley tour than at Stanford University in Palo Alto.
Here is a list of visits and subjects:
- XEROX PARC, Palo Alto (computing and communications)
- Silicon Graphics, Mountain View (Multi-media and Visual computing)
- Cisco Systems, Menlo Park (network interconnecting and routing)
- SUN Microsystems, Mountain View (Desktop products and multimedia)
- Synoptics, Santa Clara (fibre optical communications)
- Stanford University (high speed communication)
- Hybrid Networks, Cupertino (high speed networking via cable TV)
- University of San Francisco (Telecommunications management program)
- Compression Labs, San Jose (Desktop video conferencing)
- Northern Telecom, Santa Clara (Future directions in telecommunications Switches, voice mail, video conferencing, etc)
- Pacific Bell (Networking)
- AT&T (Global networking)
- Stanford linear Accelerator Center (Network management and Multi-media)
- Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California (high speed networking & video conferencing)
- Apple Computer, Cupertino (The future of apple’s advanced technologies)
If yo are interested in more details of what had happened in the meantime with some of those companies from the list above, read my old blog entry.
