Press Releases
| 20 Nov 2008 | The Computer History Museum's 2009 Fellow Awards Nominations Are Now Open |
| 08 Jul 2008 | The Computer History Museum Appoints John C. Hollar as President and Chief Executive Officer |
| 18 Jun 2008 | The Computer History Museum Announces the 2008 Fellow Awards Recipients Jean Bartik, Bob Metcalfe and Linus Torvalds to be Inducted to the Museum's Prestigious Hall of Fellows |
| 05 May 2008 | The Computer History Museum Debuts Charles Babbage's Difference Engine No. 2, On Display for the First Time in North America See the Five-Ton Computing Engine Come to Life, Starting May 10, 2008 |
| 28 Jan 2008 | "The Silicon Engine" Website, Now Hosted by the Computer History Museum, Tells the Story of One of the Most Important Technical Innovations of the 20th Century |
| 16 Dec 2007 | LSI Marks 60th Anniversary Of Transistor Manufacturer Donates Replica of First Transistor to Computer History Museum |
| 02 Nov 2007 | Computer History Museum Appoints Silicon Valley Pioneer, Industry Leader Donald J. Massaro to Board of Trustee |
| 01 Nov 2007 | Computer History Museum and Web History Center Celebrate 30th Anniversary of Internet Milestone Industry Pioneers Gather to Commemorate the First Major TCP-based Internetwork Demonstration |
| 19 Oct 2007 | PRSA Silicon Valley and The Computer History Museum To Host "Tech Media Predicts '08" Silicon Valley’s must-attend event will feature top media influencers discussing what’s hot – and what’s not – in coming year |
| 12 Sep 2007 | Ford Donates CRAY T-932 Supercomputer to the Computer History Museum "In its day, it truly was a feat of engineering genius," - Chuck Schwab, Ford Numerically Intensive Computing supervisor. |
| 10 Sep 2007 | Computer History Museum Names Morris Chang, John Hennessy, David Patterson and Charles Thacker to List of Fellow Award Honorees; Celebrates Twentieth Anniversary of Fellow Award Program Forty-Four Stories Over Twenty Years |
| 20 Aug 2007 | Fairchild Semiconductor Celebrates 50th Anniversary in October at Computer History Museum Fairchild Luminaries and Alumni Gather to Honor and Explore Company's Lasting Impact on the World |
| 03 Aug 2007 | Computer History Museum Awarded Prestigious Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services for Collections Cataloging and Reconciliation Project |
| 07 Jun 2007 | SAP Donation Helps Computer History Museum Procure Rare European Computer Collection Computer History Museum Accepts Largest Single Acquisition to Date, Supported by Generosity of SAP |
| 04 Jun 2007 | Media Advisory from The Commonwealth Club Silicon Valley and The Computer History Museum |
| 30 May 2007 | Core Memory: A Visual Survey of Vintage Computers Featuring Machines from the Computer History Museum |
| 02 May 2007 | Computer History Museum Awarded Grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to Document Semiconductor History |
| 03 Apr 2007 | Introducing “Digital Crossroads,” a New Silicon Valley Forum Exploring Technology’s Impact on Our Daily Lives First Event -- “Taming Gaming in the Home” Thursday, April 19, 2007 |
| 03 Jan 2007 | Media Advisory: To our Computer History Museum media community... |
| 15 Dec 2006 | Computer History Museum Joins Web History Center Effort to Preserve History of the Web |
| 08 Dec 2006 | The Computer History Museum and The Intel Museum to Hold Celebratory Event for The 35th Anniversary of The Intel® 4004 Microprocessor. New Intel Museum 4004 Exhibit to Debut on November, 15, 2006. |
| 16 Oct 2006 | Museum gears up to tell global computing story Prominent U.K.-based curator joins Silicon Valley museum to develop international "Timeline of Computing History" exhibit; significant international computing objects added to Museum's growing collection |
| 13 Oct 2006 | Leading computing pioneers Sir Tony Hoare, Robert Kahn, Butler Lampson and Marvin Minsky to be honored by museum Honorees' diverse accomplishments span the co-founding of the field of artificial intelligence to the development of the Quicksort algorithm to pioneering lasting contributions to internetworking and scientific research. |
| 12 Jul 2006 | Robert N. Miner Software Curator Named For Computer History Museum Apple Computer senior software engineering veteran joins Computer History Museum team |
| 07 Jun 2006 | Computer History Museum Announces New Sunday Hours of Operation New Dates and Times for PDP-1 Restoration Demonstrations Are Also Announced |
| 23 May 2006 | Computer History Museum Presents An Evening with Robert Price: The Control Data Story In Conversation with Mel Stuckey Retired Chairman of the Board and CEO of Control Data Corporation (now Ceridian Corporation) to speak in Mountain View |
| 10 May 2006 | Computer History Museum To Hold DEC PDP-1 Celebratory Event With Restoration Lecture and Demonstration |
| 29 Mar 2006 | Computer History Museum Adds Heidi Sinclair To Its Board of Trustees 20-year Technology Industry Veteran to Provide Valuable Expertise and Perspective for Museum's Growth |
| 14 Feb 2006 | Vice President Operations Named For Computer History Museum Arts and cultural facilities veteran joins Computer History Museum team |
| 06 Feb 2006 | Fiftieth Anniversary of the Company that put the Silicon in Silicon Valley "The Rise of Silicon Valley: From Shockley Labs to Fairchild Semiconductor" February 27 Event to Discuss the Legacy of Shockley Semiconductor presented by the Computer History Museum and SEMI |
| 01 Feb 2006 | Social Computing: From Message Boards to Blogs & Beyond Odysseys In Technology, The Computer History Museum Speaker Series Sponsored by Sun Labs, presents a Valentine's Day discussion on Social Computing |
| 04 Jan 2006 | Computer History Museum Presents an Evening with Michael Ruettgers Former Chairman of information management giant EMC and one of Business Week.s World's Top 25 Executives to speak in Mountain View |
| 28 Nov 2005 | The Computer History Museum Presents An Evening with Paul Baran 2005 Computer History Museum Fellow Award winner and father of packet switching featured in conversation with Stanford Science and Technology Collections curator, Henry Lowood |
| 21 Oct 2005 | Computer History Museum to Feature an Evening Tracing Cold War Spying, Intrigue and the Origins of a Soviet Computer technology Hub Event co-hosted by the US-Russia Technology Symposium examines for the first-time ever the story documenting Soviet technology developments associated with members of the legendary Rosenberg spy ring |
| 17 Oct 2005 | Gates Foundation Gives $15 Million to Computer History Museum Donation to Museum's campaign ranks as largest gift to date |
| 12 Oct 2005 | Computer History Museum to Host Public Discussion of the National Science Foundation's Large-Scale Computing Research Efforts for the Future Rare west coast public forum and gathering of the Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering Advisory Committee, including Computer History Museum Fellow, Vint Cerf, and other luminaries |
| 12 Oct 2005 | Chief Financial Officer Named for Computer History Museum High-tech veteran brings rich experience to Computer History Museum |
| 10 Oct 2005 | The Computer History Museum Presents An Evening with Ivan Sutherland Computer History Museum Fellow Award winner to share link between research and fun Event caps Museum's Fellow Awards week |
| 23 Sep 2005 | Four Computer Industry Pioneers to be Honored at the Computer History Museum's Fellow Awards Dinner & Ceremony Honorees' diverse accomplishments span invention of the "mouse" to development of computer graphics |
| 15 Sep 2005 | Computer History Museum Presents The 40th Anniversary of Moore's Law with Gordon Moore and Carver Mead |
| 01 Sep 2005 | Odysseys In Technology, The Computer History Museum Speaker Series Sponsored by Sun Labs, Presents An Evening with Autodesk CEO, Carol Bartz |
| 17 Aug 2005 | Computer History Museum Presents The History of Computer Chess: An AI Perspective In conjunction with New Exhibit Mastering The Game: A History of Computer Chess |
| 11 Aug 2005 | Computer History Museum Debuts New Exhibit, Mastering The Game: A History of Computer Chess Designed to appeal to a wide range of visitors, and created with the guidance of the world's top thinkers in the fields of artificial intelligence, computer design and chess, this flagship exhibit will examine the drama behind the game considered by many |