Artifact Details

Title

Wilson, Sophie oral history : 2012 fellow

Catalog Number

102746190

Type

Document

Description

Steve Furber and Sophie Wilson were the chief architects of the ARM (Advanced RISC Machines) microprocessor. The ARM processor was one of the very first to include the simplified, high performance architecture known as RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer). In this interview, Sophie Wilson describes her family life and technical background and the steps that led her to Acorn Computers and the creation of the ARM processor with Prof. Furber. She further expands on the work she has done since leaving ARM and the contributions made in the area of communications chip design.

Date

2012-01-31

Contributor

Fairbairn, Doug, Interviewer
Wilson, Sophie, Interviewee

Publisher

Computer History Museum

Place of Publication

Mountain View, California

Extent

27 p.

Format

PDF

Copyright Holder

Computer History Museum

Category

Transcription

Subject

semiconductor history; Fellow Award Honoree; RISC; Acorn Computers; Furber, Steve; Wilson, Roger; MIPS; IBM 801; Sun; Hauser, Herman; University of Cambridge; StrongARM; FirePath; Broadcom; MOS Technology 6502

Collection Title

CHM Oral History Collection

Lot Number

X6409.2012