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May 19, 2020
Tribute to Larry Roberts - Under Appreciated Internet and Packet Switching Pioneer
Introduction: Only a small handful of people can truly be called the grandparents of the Internet, but only one of them was also a pioneer in X.25 public packet switching data networks. That individual was Larry Roberts, PhD, who died of a heart attack on December 26, 2018 at his home in Redwood...
January 6, 2018
Tribute to radio and wireless transmission inventor Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla, whose name Elon Musk chose for his electric car company, was on the cover of Time magazine in 1931 for his achievements. Unfortunately, he died a poor man in 1943 after years devoted to projects that did not receive adequate financing. Although the main Tesla lab building on Long...
March 22, 2016
Andy Grove, ex-Intel CEO & Silicon Valley icon, dies at 79
There are several excerpted articles and quotes from those that worked for or with Andy Grove at Intel: San Jose Mercury article by Steve Johnson (edited for clarity and conciseness by Alan J Weissberger): Andy Grove, the brilliant Hungarian-born former chief executive and chairman of chip-making...
August 15, 2015
Excellent Flash Memory Summit (FMS) History session with Eli Harari
On Thursday, August 13, 2015, an FMS audience enjoyed a marvelous "conversation" between FMS Technical Chair Brian Berg and SanDisk founder Eli Harari, PhD. Eli's narrative was stimulated and augmented by very informative slides Brian created. Thanks also to Ken Pyle for video recording this...
December 25, 2014
2014 Year End Review: IEEE Silicon Valley Tech History Committee
The IEEE SV Tech History committee fulfilled its mandate by holding four technical meetings in 2014. It was a close call as three of those meetings occurred in the last three months of the year. Our committee’s charter is to have at least four technical meetings per year that will educate, inform...
November 14, 2014
IEEE Milestone: The First Transpacific Cable System (TPC-1) in 1964
Introduction: IEEE Silicon Valley Technology History committee co-chair Tom Coughlin attended the dedication of an IEEE Milestone in Hawaii for the first Transpacific Cable System (TPC-1) in 1964. Plaque citation summarizing the achievement and its significance: The first transpacific undersea...
October 5, 2014
Gordon Bell: Information on the old The Computer Museum in Boston, MA
Note: This blog post was authored by Gordon Bell and edited by Alan J Weissberger. The Computer Museum website is a place to view all the extensive material of The Computer Museum (which was relocated to Mt. View, CA in 116/97), whereby one can go immediately to an exhibit, event, etc. and 350+...
September 30, 2014
Computer History Museum: Celebrating 35 Years: Sept 26,2014
Introduction: The Computer History Museum (CHM) marked its 35th birthday on September 24, 2014. Visitors from around the world see an impressive set of exhibits, artifacts and come for the conversations, panel sessions and lectures. One such panel took place on Sept 26th, with CHM co-founders...
September 25, 2014
Ted Hoff: Significant Omissions from Malone's Intel Trinity Book
Written by Ted Hoff, PhD and edited by Alan J. Weissberger Please refer to earlier post on Errors and Corrections to Malone's book. General omission: Malone omits why I was hired at Intel as I was not a chip designer. The reason was Bob Noyce's view that LSI circuits were moving in the direction...
September 12, 2014
Ted Hoff: Errors & Corrections in Intel Trinity book by Michael Malone
Editor's NOTE: This article was written by Ted Hoff, PhD EE and edited by Alan J. Weissberger, Chairman of the IEEE SV History Committee. From Ted Hoff: The errors listed below are in approximately the same order as they appear in Malone's book. To aid the reviewer, chapters are identified in...
September 9, 2014
Author Michael Malone at the Commonwealth Club: The Story Behind Intel
On August 6, 2014, Michael Malone, Author of The Intel Trinity, spoke at the Commonwealth Club of Silicon Valley. The program was held in the upper galleries of the Tech Museum in San Jose, CA. Similar to his earlier speech at the Computer History Museum, Mr. Malone emphasized the evolution,...
June 30, 2014
DARPA Director Arati Prabhakar in Conversation with John Markoff @CHM June 11, 2014
Introduction: This CHM conversation (with NY Times moderator John Markoff asking the questions) was more about the challenges faced by Ms Arati Prabhakar, PhD than it was about DARPA. It would've been very appropriate for a Women in Engineering meeting. However, there were several important...