information on a surface just a little bit thicker than an eggshell and smaller than a fingernail. >> this silicon chip supplies the brain power for 1,001 electronic gadgets from wrist watches to microwave ovens. >> the mushrooming industry gives birth to a high tech cult and a place called silicon valley. >> the magic part of silicon valley is that there is this boiling pot of people who were involved in technology, involved in science. silicon valley was hp, sri, xerox and stanford university. that was a hell of a powerful combination. >> there were these two cultures, engineers with ph.d.s and hobbyists. >> it was a time when there was a lot of social [ inaudible ] in and around the area. there was a lot of counter culture people. you had cheap semiconductors, you had people who would look at things differently than what the conventional person was and