Computer History Museum

Norman, Bob (Robert) oral history

Robert H. Norman was born and raised in New York. After service in the Navy and graduation from Oklahoma A&M, he joined Sperry Gyroscope where he introduced the use of semiconductors in logic design. He joined Fairchild Semiconductor in Mountain View, California in 1959 where he designed Micrologic, the first family of planar integrated circuits. Norman co-founded General Microelectronics (GM-e), the first company to manufacture commercial MOS integrated circuits in 1963. A second recording session is planned to cover the latter half of Mr. Norman's career.

Item Details

Date
2009-05-07 (Made)
Type
Document
Catalogue number
102702133
Organization
Computer History Museum
People
Robert (Bob) Norman (Interviewee)
David Laws (Interviewer)
Category
Transcript
Format
PDF
Extent
23 p.
Place of publication
North America/USA/CA/Mountain View
Language
English
Acquisition number
X5445.2009
Subject
Semiconductor History, Bipolar, RTL, Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation, Micrologic, DCTL, MOS, Integrated Circuit
Archive collection
CHM Oral History Collection
Archive hierarchy
CHM Oral History Collection