Title
Hillis, Danny (William Daniel, II) oral history
Catalog Number
102702101
Type
Document
Description
In the interview, Danny Hillis discusses his early childhood influences and interest in science and electronics. He then describes his work at MIT under various leading professors of the day. Finally, Hillis discusses some of the engineering tradeoffs and development goals of the Connection Machine, the massively parallel computer system he designed in the early 1980s.
Date
2008-09-05
Contributor
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Hendrie, Gardner, Interviewer
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Hillis, W. Daniel, Interviewee
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Spicer, Dag, Editor
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Publisher
Computer History Museum
Place of Publication
Glendale, CA, USA
Extent
45 p.
Format
PDF
Category
Transcription
Subject
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Minsky, Marvin; Logo (Software); Papert, Seymour; Shannon, Claude; Morrison, Phillip; Lettvin, Jerry; Winograd, Terry; Amdahl’s Law; DARPA; ARPANET; Sussman, Gerry; Greenblatt, Richard; Kay, Alan; Dynabook; Feynman, Richard; Bell, Gordon; Clayton, Richard J.; Connection Machine; CM-1; CM-2
Collection Title
Oral history collection
