National Semiconductor 32000 Microprocessor oral history panel

Type

Text

Title

National Semiconductor 32000 Microprocessor oral history panel

Contributor

Alpert, Don, Participant

Bal, Subhash, Participant

Freund, Robert, Participant

Laws, David, Editor

Sanquini, Richard, Moderator

Yaron, Giora, Participant

Publisher

Computer History Museum

Date

2008-02-26

Place of Publication

Mountain View, Calif.

Extent

31 p.

Description

Beginning in 1979, National Semiconductor developed the industry's first 32-bit microprocessor family, the Series 32000. Featuring important MPU design firsts, including demand paged virtual memory and floating point and interrupt control units, it was hailed by observers as "the best in breed." With teams of engineers in Santa Clara and Israel, it also represented one of the first international microprocessors design collaborations. This oral history describes the conception, design and marketing of the family and explores the reasons why this technically superior product did not succeed in the market place.

Subject

Swordfish; National Semiconductor Corporation; 32000; VAX computers--History; superscalar; semiconductor history; Israel; UNIX; Alpert, Donald; Bal, Subhash; Freund, Robert; Yaron, Giora; Sanquini, Richard; Hollander, Yoav

Collection Title

Oral Histories Online

Accession Number

102658246

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