Chen, Tu oral history | Computer History Museum

Type

Text

Title

Chen, Tu oral history

Contributor

Bajorek, Chris, Interviewer; Editor

Chen, Tu, Interviewee

Rosenshteyn, Yan, Cameraperson

Publisher

Computer History Museum

Date

2005-10-28

Place of Publication

Mountain View, California

Extent

77 p.

Description

Tu Chen's background included working with Bell Telephone, IBM, Northrop and Xerox PARC. After extensive work in developing various magnetic recording technologies, he started his own company, which became known as Komag. At Komag, he pioneered new types of production equipment and magnetic disk materials, and became a pioneer in the successful production of the sputtered magnetic disks which are now generally used in magnetic disk drives.

Subject

Chen, Tu; Xerox PARC; Komag; Sputtered disk; Storage history

Collection Title

Oral Histories Online

Accession Number

102657958

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