Shevavim shel tiḳṿah (Literally “Microchips of Hope”)
Subtitle: Sipurehem shel yazame taʻaśiyat ha-haiṭeḳ ha-Yiśraʾelit (The Birth of Israel’s High-Tech Industry)
By: ʻAmos Leva.
Publisher: Zemorah-Bitan
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Tel-Aviv
Language: heb
Number of pages: 308
Subjects: Computer industry -- Israel.
Other titles: Birth of Israel's high-tech
Description: The book tells the story of the birth of the Israeli High-Tech industry from the early 1960’s to the early 1990’s. It provides a fascinating account of the early entrepreneurs and companies that were at the heart of the initial creation and development of the technology industry in Israel; and how it evolved to become a significant force on a global scale.  
The books is structured as a set of interlinked personal stories of key people, the pioneers who are responsible for establishing and developing the companies that were the foundation stone of the industry.  
The book covers the following people and companies: 

* Dan Tolkowsky of Discount Investment Corporation early high-tech investor
* Stef Wertheimer founder of Iscar 1952 and Blade Technology 1969 
* Uzia Galil founder of Elron Electronic Industries – 1962
* Efi Arazi founder of Scitex Corporation – 1968 
* Avraham Suhami founder of Elscint – 1969
* Dov Frohman founder of Intel Israel operations - 1974
* Benny Landa founder of Indigo Digital Press – 1977
* Giora Yaron Head of National Semiconductor Corporation in Israel 1979, (from 1993 an independent company Tower Semiconductor)
* Zohar & Yehuda Zisapel founders of Rad Group 1981
* Aryeh Finegold founder of Daisy Systems 1981 and Mercury Interactive 1989
* Levy Gerzberg founder of Zoran Corporation – 1983  
* Davidi Gilo founder of DSP Group 1987
* Abe Peled co-founder of NDS Group – 1989
* Zvi Alon founder of NetManage – 1990
* Rony Ross founder of Panorama Software 1993 
* Shabtai Adlersberg co-founder of AudioCodes 1993
* Ruth Alon founder of NetVision 1994 
* Dan Maydan Applied Materials, Inc. established their Israeli operations in 1996
Table of contents: title: Dan (Story of Dan Tolkowsky of Discount Investment Corporation, who initiated the Investment in Elron, Elscint and Elbit
pagenum: 10-37
class: chapter
label: Dan; label: Uzia
pagenum: 38-87
class: part
title: Uzia (Story of Uzia Galil founder of Elron Electronic Industries and responsible for the development of many of its spin-off, including: Elscint, Elbit Sytems, Elbit Medical Imaging, Zoran and 30 other companies); label: The next generation
pagenum: 88-108
class: part
title: The next generation (Story of Zvi Alon founder of NetManage son-in-law of Uzia Galil and Ruth Alon daughter of Uzia Galil and founder of NetVision); title: Efi (Story of Efi Arazi founder of Scitex Corporation)
pagenum: 109-142
class: part
label: Efi; title: Family business (Story of Stef Wertheimer founder of Iscar 1952 and Blade Technology 1969; and brothers Zohar & Yehuda Zisapel founders of Rad Group)
pagenum: 143-169
class: part
label: Family business; label: Aryeh
pagenum: 170-198
class: part
title: Aryeh (Story of Aryeh Finegold founder of Daisy Systems 1981 and Mercury Interactive 1989); label: Dov
pagenum: 199-224
class: part
title: Dov (Stroy of Dov Raviv developer of Israel’s Arrow Missile); title: Benny (Story of Benny Landa founder of Indigo Digital Press)
pagenum: 225-243
class: part
label: Benny; title: America in Israel, Israel in America (Story of Giora Yaron Head of National Semiconductor Corporation in Israel, Dan Maydan Applied Materials, Inc.
pagenum: 244-264
class: part
label: America in Israel, Israel in America; title: Big Women (but few)  (Story of Rony Ross founder of Panorama Software)
pagenum: 265-278
class: part
label: Big Women (but few); label: Davidi
pagenum: 277-303
class: part
title: Davidi (Stroy of Davidi Gilo founder of DSP Group)