Carter was an accomplished salesman for the sponsor of his program from 1933-1938, Philco Radios, blending his reporting and commentary with plugs for the company's sets.
This design was actually later incorporated in one commercial computer, the Philco TRANSAC S-2000, introduced in 1957, the first commercial transistorized computer.
On April 28, 1955, Chrysler and Philco had announced the development and production of the World’s First All-Transistor car radio.
Several Fieldata-standard computers were built during the lifetime of the project, including the transportable MOBIDIC from Sylvania, and the BASICPAC and LOGICPAC from Philco.
1961 Ford Motor Company acquires Philco Corporation, later named Philco-Ford Corporation.
That same year Sylvania acquired name and distribution rights for Philco television and stereo products.
Formed in 1959 under the name Maram (מר"ם), the unit bought its first computer, a US-made Philco machine. Mordechai Kikion was transferred from RAFAEL (then part of the IDF) to be the unit's first commander. Mamram facilities soon started hosting several other independent data processing units, including the Inventory Processing Center (מענ"א) and the Manpower Computing Center (ממכ"א).
The first ten programs were sponsored solely by Freedom House, and in the eleventh week Philco became a co-sponsor.
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Sponsored by Freedom House and Philco, the 15-minute weekly series was broadcast Sundays at 7 p.m.
From 1962 to 1966, Dr. Schmidt was a senior Staff Scientist with Philco's Western Development Laboratory.
The first conference consisted of papers from six organizations: Bell Telephone Laboratories, General Electric, RCA, Philco, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Pennsylvania.
In 1957, LaBerge moved to Philco as Director of Engineering at its Western Development Laboratories in Palo Alto, California.