Dr. Carver Mead has made many pioneering contributions in the field of solid state electronics, and was one of the leading forces in VLSI design methodology. This interview focuses on Dr. Mead's background and how it eventually led to his work in VLSI design and VLSI design methodologies, and concludes with a discussion on the impact of this work.
Date
2009-05-27
Contributor
Fairbairn, Doug, Interviewer
Mead, Carver A, Interviewee
Publisher
Computer History Museum
Place of Publication
Mountain View, California
Extent
21 p.
Category
Transcription
Subject
Moore's Law; Mead, Carver; California Institute of Technology (Caltech); Fairchild Semiconductor; Engineering; tunneling; Moore, Gordon; Spitzer, Bill; transistor; integrated circuit; Grove, Andy; Very-large-scale-integration (VLSI); Mead-Conway VLSI design methodology; semiconductor history
