First Microprocessor: Foreward by Darold Cummings. Top USA Aircraft Designer,...
There is a very interesting book entitled “The Nearly Men” by Mike Green. It chronicles the inventors who should be given credit for major inventions, but failed gain recognition for various reasons,...
View ArticleFirst Microprocessor: Foreward by Bart Everett. Space and Naval Warfare...
Foreword – Bart Everett – I first met Ray Holt in 2004, when he came to visit the Unmanned Systems Group at what is now the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center in San Diego, CA. Ray had stumbled...
View ArticleFirst Microprocessor: Foreward – Dave “Bio” Baranek – Former F-14 “Tom Cat”...
When the Navy first flew its F-14 Tomcat fighter in 1970, it was the world’s most advanced fighter and ushered in a whole new generation of tactical aircraft capabilities. This would be an impressive...
View ArticleFirst Microprocessor: CHAPTER 1 – Baseball, Radios, and Engineering
I was going to be a baseball player. Baseball became the center of my life at a very young age, and I decided then that America’s favorite pastime was going to remain as the center of my life forever....
View ArticleFirst Microprocessor: CHAPTER 2 – The Accidental Engineer
The class he recommended was physics of electricity. I was not too thrilled but willing to take it because I remembered how well I was able to fix radios and how much I enjoyed it. I soon learned the...
View ArticleInterview with Ray Holt
Computer History Museum interview with Ray Holt, Designer of the World’s First Microprocessor.The post Interview with Ray Holt first appeared on First Microprocessor | 50th Anniversary of the...
View ArticleFirst Microprocessor Links
Links that discuss the F-14, the CADC, the Design team, and Ray Holt. World’s First Microprocessor: F-14 CADC – YouTube video Lost History of the First Multi-Chip Microprocessor Computer History Museum...
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