and chemistry,” he wrote. With $750,000 to cover salaries and expenses, “we believe that we could get a company into the semiconductor business within three months.” Kleiner continued, “The initial product would be a line of silicon diffused transistors of unusual design applicable to the production of both high frequency and high power devices. It should be pointed out that the complicated techniques for producing these semiconductors have already been worked out in detail by this group of people and are not restricted by any obligation to the present organization.”
