Title
Gerpheide, George oral history
Catalog Number
102706873
Type
Moving image
Description
George E. Gerpheide earned his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees at MIT and U. of Utah, respectively. Early in his career he designed a successful golf simulator and a very-low-frequency polarimeter for oil exploration, and worked on networking and x86 co-processors for Macintosh computers. He designed and patented the first capacitive touchpad input device and founded Cirque to commercialize it. Apple was the first company to license the technology for use in its Macbooks. Cirque is now a subsidiary of Alps.
Date
2017-02-10
Participants
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Gerpheide, George, Interviewee
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Steinbach, Gunter, Interviewer
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Publisher
Computer History Museum
Place of Publication
Mountain View, CA
Format
MOV
Category
Oral history
Subject
capacitive; Input; Touchpad; Cirque; Apple; Alps
Collection Title
Oral Histories Online
Credit
Computer History Museum
