Computer History Museum

SCALD (Structured Computer-Aided Logic Design) oral history series : interview 3 of 3 : Tom McWilliams

In the last 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), Tom McWilliams discusses his early personal history, his experiences developing DEC's first logic simulator (Sage), the S-1 Project at LLNL, the development of SCALD, the founding of Valid Logic Systems, and the three computer technology companies that he established after Valid (Key Computer, PathScale and Schooner Information Technology).

Item Details

Date
2008-02-12 (Made)
Type
Document
Catalogue number
102658344
Organization
Computer History Museum
People
Tom McWilliams (Interviewer)
Holly Stump (Interviewer)
Curtis L. Widdoes (Editor)
Category
Transcript
Extent
9 p.
Place of publication
North America/USA/CA/Mountain View
Language
English
Acquisition number
X4560.2008
Subject
Stanford AI Laboratory (SAIL), Daisy, Mentor, Valid (DMV), Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE), Valid Logic Systems, S-1 Mark I, Structured Computer-Aided Logic Design (SCALD), Hertz Foundation, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL, LLL), S-1 Project, Electronic Design Automation (EDA), Stanford Computer Science Department, Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
Archive collection
CHM Oral History Collection
Archive hierarchy
CHM Oral History Collection