22 Sep
1998
22 Sep
'98
10:26 a.m.
FYI:
On page B6, in an article titled "Yet Another 'Father' Of the
Microprocessor Wants Recognition", there is discussion of Ray Holt, an
ex-Navy engineer who claims to have created the microprocessor in 1969, two
years before Hoff, Faggin, and Mazor created the integrated processor.
In the last paragraph, "This week, Mr. Holt will officially launch a
campaign to make his name. On Saturday, he will be a featured speaker at a
gathering of Silicon Valley computer buffs, the Vintage Computer Festival in
Santa Clara, Calif., where he will be joined by members of his original team
and publicly discuss his invention for the first time."
Congrats Sam!
Rich Cini/WUGNET
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22 Sep
22 Sep
12:24 p.m.
On Tue, 22 Sep 1998, Richard A. Cini, Jr. wrote:
On page B6, in an article titled "Yet Another
'Father' Of the
Microprocessor Wants Recognition", there is discussion of Ray Holt, an
ex-Navy engineer who claims to have created the microprocessor in 1969, two
years before Hoff, Faggin, and Mazor created the integrated processor.
Actually, its on page B3.
In the last paragraph, "This week, Mr. Holt
will officially launch a
campaign to make his name. On Saturday, he will be a featured speaker at a
gathering of Silicon Valley computer buffs, the Vintage Computer Festival in
Santa Clara, Calif., where he will be joined by members of his original team
and publicly discuss his invention for the first time."
The article only raises more questions. At the VCF we will answer them,
and a new chapter in the history of the development of the microprocessor
will be written.
Congrats Sam!
Thanks!
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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23 Sep
23 Sep
6:42 a.m.
On Tue, 22 Sep 1998, Richard A. Cini, Jr. wrote:
On page B6, in an article titled "Yet Another
'Father' Of the
Microprocessor Wants Recognition", there is discussion of Ray Holt, an
ex-Navy engineer who claims to have created the microprocessor in 1969, two
years before Hoff, Faggin, and Mazor created the integrated processor.
I finally read the article today. It's interesting that Hoff et al define
a microprocessor just as I do:
"But we were the first to put a computer's central processing unit on a
single chip."
The article goes on to say that Mr. Holt argues that a microprocessor
doesn't have to be on one chip, but I didn't see any attempt to offer an
alternative definition of microprocessor.
-- Doug
7:03 a.m.
On Wed, 23 Sep 1998, Doug Yowza wrote:
In fact, Holt's design IS a central processing unit on a single chip. The
article, unfortunately, left out a great amount of detail. The journalist
spent two months working on an article that did little to explain the
complexity of the issue.
Ray's talk this Saturday will clear a lot of questions up. Hoff and
Faggin are too biased to be the authorities on what constitutes a
"microprocessor", especially since many other industry veterans disagree
with their opinions.
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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Ever onward.
September 26 & 27...Vintage Computer Festival 2.0
See http://www.vintage.org/vcf for details!
[Last web site update: 09/21/98]
On page
B6, in an article titled "Yet Another 'Father' Of the
Microprocessor Wants Recognition", there is discussion of Ray Holt, an
ex-Navy engineer who claims to have created the microprocessor in 1969, two
years before Hoff, Faggin, and Mazor created the integrated processor.
I finally read the article today. It's interesting that Hoff et al define
a microprocessor just as I do:
"But we were the first to put a computer's central processing unit on a
single chip."
The article goes on to say that Mr. Holt argues that a microprocessor
doesn't have to be on one chip, but I didn't see any attempt to offer an
alternative definition of microprocessor.
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