Details

Type

Text

Title

Cochran, Dave (David) oral history

Contributor

Cochran, David S., Interviewee

Gruca, Ken, Cameraperson

House, Charles H., Interviewer

Publisher

Computer History Museum

Date

2010-11-19

Place of Publication

Mountain View, California

Extent

55 p.

Description

Dave Cochran was a major contributor to the design and development of the HP-35, Hewlett-Packard's first pocket scientific calculator. Cochran implemented the fundamental algorithms for the calculator's internal calculations as well as contributing to the development of the machine's hardware design and overall architecture. This oral history explores Cochran’s work on the HP-35 as well as several other successful HP products.

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Transcription

Subject

HP-9100; HP-300A; HP-35 (Calculator); HP-204B; HP-405; Stanford University; Hewlett, William; Packard, David; Petrak, Jack; HP-3340; Near, Chuck; Schulz, Don; Osborne, Tom; Oliver, Barney; SRI; Dymac; Terman, Lewis; Wang Laboratories, Inc.; LOCI-2; Fairchild Semiconductor; Busicom; Intel 4004 (Microprocessor); Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI); Reverse Polish Notation (RPN); Stoft, Paul; Whitney, Tom; Mostek; AMI; Metal Oxide Semiconductors (MOS); Treybig, James (Jimmy); Comiso, Chuck; Keuffel & Esser (K&E); Cochran, David

Collection Title

Oral histories online

Accession Number

102743058