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What About Analog Applications?
Alan asked the panelists to comment on the status of analog ICs in the 1962-68 time period. Bernie said that Bob Wilder of Fairchild solved a problem for Zenith TVs by designing a solid state chroma demodulator that looked like a vacuum tube. David said that Wilder’s operational amplifier (“op-amp”), which was incrementally improved over…
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16 – Workplace in the 60s
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Rex Rice’s Influence On the First Microprocessor
Ted Hoff says his experiences with Rex Rice’s idea of a computer that directly executes a high level language helped him (Ted) and Stan Mayer in developing the architecture for the first microprocessor. [Thanks to Francine Bellson for the above description.]
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18 – Manufacturing, Packaging and Testing
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Impact of Silicon
Minicomputers moved silicon devices from military to primarily consumer applications. Ted Hoff talks about the early days and why Silicon was used rather than Germanium. MOS processes were reliable and stable and enabled a reliable framework for future semiconductor devices. Thanks Tom Coughlin for the description.
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20 Large Scale Integration
