The Silicon Factor - Season 1 Episode 2 Sink or Swim?

Name: The Silicon Factor
Genre: Documentary
Released: 02 Apr 1980
Rating: 7.00
Cast: Bernard Falk

1980-04-02 United Kingdom 48 minutes.

7.00 1 votes

Documentary microchip computer technology

Episodes
Info
Cast

Season - Episode

1 Season 1 Mar 19, 1980

1 - 1

So What's It All About? Mar 19, 1980
1 - 2

Sink or Swim? Mar 26, 1980
1 - 3

And What of the Future? Apr 02, 1980

Overview

Is British industry falling behind in its use of silicon chip technology? By using microelectronics in its products or in production, a company can improve its competitiveness enormously. But to ignore the opportunities offered by the chip could lead to disaster when other - largely foreign - competitors are forging ahead. And what of the effects on the workforce if a company 'goes micro' ? Are our fragile industrial relations capable of adjusting to the changes the new technology will force on us? Bernard Falk reports from Holland, Sweden and Norway to put the British position into perspective.

Year 1980

Studio BBC Two

Director

Crew David Allen (Producer), John Lyte (Editor), Roger Limb (Original Music Composer), Charles McGhie (Graphic Designer)

Popularity 0.1809

Language English