Artifact Details

Title

SCALD (Structured Computer-Aided Logic Design) oral history series : interview 2 of 3 : Curt Widdoes

Catalog Number

102658234

Type

Document

Description

In the second of three interviews focused on the history of the SCALD (Structured Computer-Aided Logic Design) System developed in the 1970s at Stanford University and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Curt Widdoes discusses his early personal history, the S-1 Project at LLNL, the development of SCALD, the founding of Valid Logic Systems, the invention of hardware modeling at Valid, and the two EDA technology companies that he established after Valid (Logic Modeling Systems and 0-In Design Automation).

Date

2008-02-12

Contributor

Stump, Holly, Interviewer
Widdoes, Curtis L., Interviewee; Editor

Publisher

Computer History Museum

Place of Publication

Mountain View, California

Extent

10 p.

Category

Transcription

Subject

McWilliams, Tom; Widdoes, Curt; Hertz Foundation; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL, LLL); Wood, Lowell; Stanford Computer Science Department; Stanford AI Laboratory (SAIL); Structured Computer-Aided Logic Design (SCALD); S-1 Project; S-1 Mark I; Valid Logic Systems; Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE); Electronic design automation (EDA); Daisy, Mentor, Valid (DMV); Hardware modeling; Realchip; Davidow, Bill; Logic Modeling Systems; LM-1000; White, Steve; 0-In Design Automation; Assertion-based verification; Formal verification; semiconductor history

Collection Title

Oral history collection

Lot Number

X4561.2008