Triumph of the Nerds est un documentaire de Robert X. Cringely diffusé pour la première fois en 1996 sur les ondes de la télévision britannique. Il retrace la naissance puis la croissance et enfin d’hégémonie de l’ordinateur personnel au travers des personnalité qui ont marqué cette histoire.

Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires zooms backwards on the information superhighway to show in vivid detail how youthful amateurs, hippies and self-proclaimed “nerds” accidentally changed the world. The three-hour program chronicles the birth and growth of Silicon Valley’s personal computer industry.

Hosted by Bob Cringely, a longtime industry observer, the story unfolds through Bay Area garages, industrial parks and convenience stores to examine the quirky, relentless and profitable adventures of the unlikely 20th-century pioneers who created the miracle products that revolutionized the world.

Triumph of the Nerds features interviews with some of the industry’s most recognizable characters, including Microsoft’s Bill Gates and Paul Allen, and Apple founder Steve Jobs. For the first time, television tackles the history of this new industry with attention to the culture from which it sprang as well as the culture that it created.