Hofstein, Steven R. oral history
Steven R. Hofstein joined RCA Laboratories as a new graduate in 1960 and was assigned the task of fabricating an MOS transistor, a project that was considered career limiting by more seasoned engineers. Working with Fred Heiman, in 1962 he produced the first working MOS integrated circuit. He also worked on RCA’s development of the liquid crystal display with George Heilmeier, which led to the development of color LCD displays. On leaving RCA he founded Princeton Electronics and developed the lithicon, a low power silicon image storage device. He later founded Cognasys LLC, developer of a family of expert system software solutions. For additional information, see the oral history of RCA Laboratories recorded on the same day.
Item Details
- Date
- 2011-10-28 (Made)
- Type
- Document
- Catalogue number
- 102745974
- Organization
- Computer History Museum (Publisher)
- People
- Steven Hofstein (Interviewee)
Eric Dennis (Videographer)
David Laws (Interviewer) - Category
- Transcript
- Extent
- 36 p.
- Place of publication
- North America/USA/CA/Mountain View
- Language
- English
- Acquisition number
- X6296.2012
- Subject
- Integrated Circuit, Radio Corporation of America (RCA), MOS, Semiconductor History, Semiconductor, Transistor
- Archive collection
- Oral history collection
- Archive hierarchy
- CHM Oral History Collection