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About ExploreSilicon

My name is Kashif. I live in the heart of silicon valley and have been living here for a very long time. My passion is engineering, technology and traveling. My email is kashifjavaid@hotmail.com. Please feel free to contact if you have any suggestion or comments on any of my posts.

Multilayer Ceramics Capacitor (MLCC)

Posted on June 13, 2014 by ExploreSilicon

 By Kashif Javaid Now a days any modern portable electronic device has almost exclusively multilayer ceramics capacitors in it. In a typical cellphone, hundreds of these little critters as small as 0.3mm width to 0.6mm length are all over the … Continue reading →

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Stanford University – Silicon valley pump house – 2nd Tour

Posted on September 22, 2012 by ExploreSilicon

This is one of my favorite tour. I just can’t believe a walk in a university could be that rewarding, but this is no ordinary school; it has pumped out constant stream of engineers and entrepreneurs for generations. Check out … Continue reading →

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Birth of Silicon Valley – First Tour

Posted on July 21, 2012 by ExploreSilicon

By Kashif Javaid If you have an hour or two, you can take this Silicon Valley 10 mile driving tour and be  part of the high-tech that created Silicon Valley. Cities covered: Palo Alto, Mountain View, CA Start with Portola … Continue reading →

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