UChesterton uthe umsebenzi wezintatheli wukuxhumana ngokufa kukaLord Jones kubantu ababengazi ukuthi kukhona ogama lakhe linguLord Jones. Iqiniso liwukuthi, ngaphandle kwenani elincane labalingiswa abaziwa umphakathi jikelele, umhlaba wezobuchwepheshe ugcwele abantu ababaluleke kakhulu esingazi lutho ngabo kuze kube yilapho incwadi yezidumbu isikhumbuza ngamagalelo abo.
Ngokwesibonelo, ngemva nje kokufa kukaSteve Jobs, uDennis Ritchie washona. Amagalelo ka-Ritchie ahlaba umxhwele kakhulu kune-Jobs. Wahola ukuthuthukiswa kwe-Unix futhi wayengomunye wabadali bolimi lokuhlela C. Izinto ezimbili ngaphandle kwalokho i-Apple ngeke ibe yilokho okuyiyo.
Nokho, ngesikhathi sokufa kwakhe nangonyaka weshumi, umthelela wawumncane kakhulu.
Mayelana nokufa kukaJay Last
Omunye umuntu ongamazi obalulekile kwakunguJay Last. Okokugcina, owashona eneminyaka engu-92 ubudala, Wayengomunye wabasunguli be-silicon chip. Inkampani yakhe yayingenye yeziyisishiyagalombili zokuqala ukuthuthela eSilicon Valley, yabeka izisekelo zezezimali, amasiko nezomnotho kulokho okwase kuyinhloko-dolobha yobuchwepheshe bekhompyutha emhlabeni.
Indodana yabafuduki, umJalimane kanye nomScottish-Irish (bobabili othisha) wathutha eneminyaka engu-16 edolobheni lakubo ukuze ahlanganyele ekuvuneni izithelo eCalifornia. Njengoba efike ngaphambi kokuqala, kwakufanele aphile ngo-5 cents wezaqathi ngosuku aze aqale ukusebenza.
Ngo-1956 u-Last wayephothula iziqu zobudokotela kwi-physics e-Massachusetts Institute of Technology lapho evakashelwa uWilliam Shockley, umsunguli we-transistor kanye nomnqobi weNobel Prize, owacela ukujoyina iqembu elisha elalibheke ukudayisa nge-silicon transistor elabhorethri eduze kwasePalo Alto, eCalifornia.
Kwakungelona idumela likaShockley noma inselele eyanquma u-Last ukwamukela isicelo. Wenza kanjalo ngoba indawo entsha yokusebenzela yayisesigodini esisenyakatho yeCalifornia, lapho ayechithe khona isithelo sasehlobo evuna ngemva kokugitsheliswa ukugibela esuka emzini wakhe endaweni yensimbi yasePennsylvania.
Akuzange kuhlale isikhathi eside emsebenzini omusha. Ebhekene nomphathi wakhe, kanye nabanye asebenza nabo abayisikhombisa abaziwa ngegama elinozwela elithi "The Eight Traitors," wasungula inkampani yakhe ye-transistor eyaziwa ngokuthi i-Fairchild Semiconductor., endaweni manje ebizwa ngokuthi idolobha lasekhaya laseSilicon Valley.
Kukule nkampani lapho uDkt Last, kanye nethimba lakhe lososayensi, bakha indlela eyisisekelo esasetshenziswa ukwenza ama-computer chips.
Ukusungulwa kwe-Fairchild Semiconductor
U-Shockley nethimba lakhe basebenzisa izinto ezifana ne-silicon ne-germanium ukuze bakhe i-transistor, enye indlela engcono kunamashubhu evacuum evamile. Nokho, inkinga yokuthi zixhunywa kanjani ukuze kwakhiwe umshini omkhulu yaqhubeka.
Okokugcina nethimba lakhe bazama ukusebenzisa izinhlanganisela zamakhemikhali ukuze banamathisele ama-transistors eshidini le-silicon, bawasike, futhi bawaxhume ngezintambo ezingazodwana, nokho indlela yabonakala inzima, ibiza kakhulu, futhi imiphumela yafinyela kulokho okwakulindelwe.
Kwaba ngaleso sikhathi omunye wabasunguli be-Fairchild, uRobert Noyce, uphakamise ukusebenzisa ishidi elifanayo le-silico ukuze kwakhiwe kokubili ama-transistors nezintambo. Yindlela esaqhubeka isetshenziswa nanamuhla.
Iminyaka yokugcina
U-Jay Last wayesethathe umhlalaphansi embonini yamakhompiyutha iminyaka engu-47, ephatha izimali zakhe kanye namaqoqo akhe obuciko base-Afrika namalebula amabhokisi e-citrus. Ngaphezu kwalokho, wayengumlobi futhi ezijwayeza ukuqwala izintaba.
Njengeqiniso elimangalisayo, ngenkathi eqeda iziqu zakhe zobudokotela, ngaphezu kwesithembiso sikaShockley wathola esinye isikhundla sokuba umqondisi welabhorethri yengilazi e-Butler, ePennsylvania, lapho ayesebenze khona ngezikhathi zasehlobo. Lapho etshela abazali bakhe, unina wathi, 'Jay, ungenza okungcono kakhulu kunalokho ngokuphila kwakho.'
Ngakho uyazi izingane. Nakani omama benu. Bazogcina benza izinguquko embonini yamakhompiyutha futhi bazokwazi ukuchitha iminyaka yabo yokugcina beqoqa amalebula emabhokisini e-citrus.