Names and Milestones

tw · 12-17-2002, 12:25 PM

Electronic Design Magazine recently introduced their Hall of Fame. How many of these names are you familiar with:
Edwin Armstrong : John Backus : Paul Brokaw
Hans Camenzind : Vinton Cerf : Seymour Cray
Bob Dobkins : William Dublier : Thomas Edison
John M Fluke Jr : David Fullagar : Bernard Gordon
Andrew S Grove : Marcian (Ted) Hoff : Grace Hopper
Charles House : Walt Jung : Charles Kao
Jack Kilby : Gary Kidall : Hedy Lamarr
Bob Mammano : Buglielmo Marconi : Robert M Metcalfe
Gordon E Moore : Robert N Noyce : Donald O Pederson
George A Philbrick : Dennis M Richie : Claude E Shannon
Alan F Shugart : Phillip H Smith : Nikola Tesla
Linus Torvalds : Alan M. Turing : Patrizio Vinciarelli
Charles H Vollum : John L von Neumann : Jim Williams
John Birkner : Hua-Thye Chua : James H Clark
Marc Andreesen : Bobert Widlar : H Presper Eckert
John W Mauchly : James Truchard : Jeff Kodosky
Carver A Mead : Lynn Conway : William B Shockley
John Bardeen : Walter H Brattain : William R Hewlett
David Packard : Steven Wozniak : Steven P Jobs

Most of these people are really unknowns, but their accomplishments are legenary names in the world of computers and electronics.

Also listed are industry milestones:
1950 1st oscillscope : 1952 Photocircuit
1954 Analog to Digital converter : 1954 Piezoresistivity
1958 Integrated circuit : 1958 first IC on substrate
1958 Explorer I : 1959 commerical FM radio
1959 Silicon Controlled Rectifier : 1960 first transistor TV
1962 Project Mercury : 1962 Semiconductor Laser
1962 Sampling oscillscope : 1963 TTL IC (digital logic)
1964 Linear IC : 1964 Basic language
1965 Op-Amp IC : 1966 the famous 741 Op-Amp
1966 hard disk drive : 1968 CMOS digital logic
1969 Unix : 1970 Dynamic Ram
1971 C language : 1971 4004 Microprocessor
1971 high speed Op-amp : 1972 SPICE 1
1973 Ethernet : 1973 Logic Analyer
1974 Brokaw cell (bandgap ref) : 1974 bi-FET Op-amp
1975 first PC : 1975 Progammable Array Logic
1976 Apple I : 1976 IC voltage regulator
1978 Analog to Digital converter : 1978 8086/8088 microprocessor
1979 68000 microprocessor : 1979 HexFET transistor
1979 "Introduction to VLSI Design" :1981 IBM PC, DOS, and CP/M-86
1982 switching regulator IC : 1983 C++
1984 Digital oscilloscope : 1984 Verilog HDL
1984 GNU project began : 1984 EDA tools
1985 FPGA logic : 1986 LabView
1989 HTTP/HTML : 1991 Linux
1991 GSM - digital phone standard : 1996 USB standard

12-17-2002, 12:25 PM	#1
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	Names and Milestones Electronic Design Magazine recently introduced their Hall of Fame. How many of these names are you familiar with: Edwin Armstrong : John Backus : Paul Brokaw Hans Camenzind : Vinton Cerf : Seymour Cray Bob Dobkins : William Dublier : Thomas Edison John M Fluke Jr : David Fullagar : Bernard Gordon Andrew S Grove : Marcian (Ted) Hoff : Grace Hopper Charles House : Walt Jung : Charles Kao Jack Kilby : Gary Kidall : Hedy Lamarr Bob Mammano : Buglielmo Marconi : Robert M Metcalfe Gordon E Moore : Robert N Noyce : Donald O Pederson George A Philbrick : Dennis M Richie : Claude E Shannon Alan F Shugart : Phillip H Smith : Nikola Tesla Linus Torvalds : Alan M. Turing : Patrizio Vinciarelli Charles H Vollum : John L von Neumann : Jim Williams John Birkner : Hua-Thye Chua : James H Clark Marc Andreesen : Bobert Widlar : H Presper Eckert John W Mauchly : James Truchard : Jeff Kodosky Carver A Mead : Lynn Conway : William B Shockley John Bardeen : Walter H Brattain : William R Hewlett David Packard : Steven Wozniak : Steven P Jobs Most of these people are really unknowns, but their accomplishments are legenary names in the world of computers and electronics. Also listed are industry milestones: 1950 1st oscillscope : 1952 Photocircuit 1954 Analog to Digital converter : 1954 Piezoresistivity 1958 Integrated circuit : 1958 first IC on substrate 1958 Explorer I : 1959 commerical FM radio 1959 Silicon Controlled Rectifier : 1960 first transistor TV 1962 Project Mercury : 1962 Semiconductor Laser 1962 Sampling oscillscope : 1963 TTL IC (digital logic) 1964 Linear IC : 1964 Basic language 1965 Op-Amp IC : 1966 the famous 741 Op-Amp 1966 hard disk drive : 1968 CMOS digital logic 1969 Unix : 1970 Dynamic Ram 1971 C language : 1971 4004 Microprocessor 1971 high speed Op-amp : 1972 SPICE 1 1973 Ethernet : 1973 Logic Analyer 1974 Brokaw cell (bandgap ref) : 1974 bi-FET Op-amp 1975 first PC : 1975 Progammable Array Logic 1976 Apple I : 1976 IC voltage regulator 1978 Analog to Digital converter : 1978 8086/8088 microprocessor 1979 68000 microprocessor : 1979 HexFET transistor 1979 "Introduction to VLSI Design" :1981 IBM PC, DOS, and CP/M-86 1982 switching regulator IC : 1983 C++ 1984 Digital oscilloscope : 1984 Verilog HDL 1984 GNU project began : 1984 EDA tools 1985 FPGA logic : 1986 LabView 1989 HTTP/HTML : 1991 Linux 1991 GSM - digital phone standard : 1996 USB standard

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