Milestone: Conductive Polymer Self-Regulating Heat-Tracing Cable, 1972
Electrical heating has many aspects including less energy use and tighter temperature control that make it the choice for heating process pipes and freeze protection. Two notable deficiencies are corrected by the parallel circuit self-regulating heaters invented by Raychem …
Milestone: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, 1962
Dedication Date: February 1, 1984
The basic research tool at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center is an intense beam of electrons that have been accelerated by an electric field.
The two-mile linear accelerator produces this field using high-power microwaves traveling through …
Milestone: RAMAC, 1956
Dedication Date: May 26, 2005
On May 6, 1955 International Business Machines Corporation made an announcement that went largely unnoticed outside the computer community and other technical circles. The company reported that a team of engineers working in a small research and development laboratory …
Milestone: Development of the HP-35, the First Handheld Scientific Calculator, 1972
Dedication Date: April 14, 2009
Developed by Hewlett-Packard Company in Palo Alto, California at 1501 Pagemill Road and introduced in 1972, the HP-35 was the first full-function, shirt-pocket-sized, scientific calculator. This invention revolutionized the profession …
Milestone: Semiconductor Planar Process and Integrated Circuit, 1959
Dedication Date: May 8, 2009
The 1959 invention of the Planar Process by Jean A. Hoerni and the Integrated Circuit (IC) based on planar technology by Robert N. Noyce catapulted the semiconductor industry into the silicon IC era. …
Milestone: SPICE Circuit Simulation Program, 1970
Dedication Date: February 20, 2011
SPICE was the first computer program for simulating the performance of integrated circuits that was readily available to undergraduate students for study of integrated circuit design. Hundreds of graduates from UC Berkeley and other …
Milestone: The Floating Gate EEPROM, 1976 – 1978
Dedication Date: August 20, 2012
EPROM, EEPROM, Flash EEPROM, NOR Flash and NAND Flash are non-volatile memory technologies that were introduced between 1970 and 1987. While at Hughes Microelectronics, Eli Harari showed that thin SiO2 films …
Milestone: CP/M Microcomputer Operating System, 1974
Dedication Date: April 25, 2014
Control Program for Microcomputers, CP/M, was the first commercial operating system to allow a microprocessor-based computer to interface to a disk drive storage unit. CP/M played an important role in stimulating the hobbyist personal …
Milestone: SPARC RISC Architecture, 1987
Dedication Date: February 13, 2015
Historical significance:
Is the platform for semiconductor IC design and development
Delivered a new level of performance that enabled a myriad of new applications
Cost effective technology made available to commercial uses in volume
Open architecture adapted by multiple …
IEEE Special Citation: Computer History Museum, 1979
Dedication Date: October 29, 2015
The Computer History Museum captures the history of computers and computing. Attending the museum is a learning experience for all age groups. For the younger generation, the exhibits and interactive programs encourage them …
