CHIIPS is brought to you by our editor Caroline Hayes, gathering interesting insights from a wide range of industry figures.
Cyril Hilsum
In this episode, Cyril discusses his childhood and the start to his career just after WWII, and how he rose up the ranks. He mentions some long forgotten great names of UK technology (e.g. Mullard) and also talks about what he is doing now at 100+, still exploring compound materials and IP.
They also cover the Harold Wilson government’s white heat of technology boom, and meeting John Stonehouse MP and Robert Maxwell…
Cyril also won the Lifetime Achievement at the recent Elektra Awards, right.
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CHIIPS
CHIIPS? it stands for Caroline Hayes’ Industry Insights Podcasts.
In the series, she will be chatting to a range of industry figures, covering the topics that matter in the world of electronics. For example, getting an update on particular technology sectors and guests’ insights into what lies ahead for the industry…
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See also: CHIIPS #27 – Power semiconductors from Alex Lidow of EPC
Should that be ‘Mullard’, not ‘Mallard’? I thought ‘Mallard’ was a type of duck. Gates doesn’t like my spelling of Mullard, but what does he know?
Indeed, Luke – via Mullard Ltd. Thanks!