Computer History Museum

Weitek oral history panel

This oral history involves an interview with 4 of the key personnel involved in the founding and product development at Weitek. They describe their motivations for forming the company, their business model and financing, and their early product development successes. Key challenges included being an early fabless semiconductor company before the foundry business was fully established. They also discuss the various reasons why Weitek was not successful over the long term.

Item Details

Date
2012-02-15 (Made)
Type
Document
Catalogue number
102746380
Organization
Computer History Museum (Publisher)
People
Everett Roach (Panelist)
Jr. Baker (Panelist)
Edmund Sun (Panelist)
Stephen Farnow (Panelist)
David House (Moderator)
Doug Fairbairn (Editor)
Category
Transcript
Extent
38 p.
Place of publication
USA/CA/Mountain View
Language
English
Acquisition number
X6384.2012
Subject
VLSI Technology, Sun Microsystems, Inc., SPARC, Qume, Nvidia, Calma Company, Semiconductor History, PostScript
Archive collection
Oral history collection
Archive hierarchy
CHM Oral History Collection