34) The Delegation, “Learning in America”
The inspection team in the US which was organized in the early 1970s. (Commemorative
picture from the AMI visit)
From the 1970s to the 1980s, with the idea of "Learning in America",
the delegation to the US were organized and dispatched at the timing of the
IEEE show and WESCON.
The photograph is a commemorative photo when the team was organized in the
early 70's to visit the powerful MOS technology company, AMI Semiconductors.
General Microelectronics (GME) was the first company to commercialize MOS
devices, but eventually it ran into management difficulties and as a result
was sold to Philco-Ford. However, H. Bob and his team were not in favor of
this policy and established AMI. The company has succeeded in the MOS business
in a way that GME could not, and in 1970, it achieved sales of 28.2 million
dollars and became a leading company in this market.
I also participated in this delegation and visited the company, and I clearly
recall after the factory tour that Bob, who was very open-minded, took us
to a bar for a few drinks.
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