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| Homer J Simpson:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Air_Data_Computer http://firstmicroprocessor.com/documents/ap1-26-97.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Holt http://firstmicroprocessor.com/ |
| David Hess:
It cannot be "the device that started the digital revolution" if it was secret until 1998. The UK had this problem after World War Two when technological developments during the war were classified instead of being released to industry. |
| RayHolt:
This is Ray Holt the designer of the F14 MP-944. Even though this first microprocessor was kept secret the design team continued their career and greatly influenced the industry. This link shows the impact these designers had on the industry. Had the MP-944 been available to the public would have dramatically changed the entire Intel design approach as the MP-944 used techniques not otherwise used in the next 5-10 years. The MP-944 was an amazing product produced by an amazing set of engineers from Garrett-AiResearch and American Micro System. http://firstmicroprocessor.com/legacy/ Comments are welcome. Ray Holt |
| donotdespisethesnake:
--- Quote from: RayHolt on January 03, 2019, 07:54:11 am --- greatly influenced the industry --- End quote --- Clearly they continued their career in the industry but whether it was a "great influence" is subjective and cannot be quantified. Tbh, I don't see any really notable achievements in that list. Humans are somewhat depressing; inventions are nearly always created with a team and/or building on previous work but people's egos are so big they have to argue over who was "first". I'll bet there was a big argument over who invented the wheel. The Greeks were pretty good at documenting other people's ideas and making it seem like they invented them. |
| 2N3055:
--- Quote from: RayHolt on January 03, 2019, 07:54:11 am ---This is Ray Holt the designer of the F14 MP-944. Even though this first microprocessor was kept secret the design team continued their career and greatly influenced the industry. This link shows the impact these designers had on the industry. Had the MP-944 been available to the public would have dramatically changed the entire Intel design approach as the MP-944 used techniques not otherwise used in the next 5-10 years. The MP-944 was an amazing product produced by an amazing set of engineers from Garrett-AiResearch and American Micro System. http://firstmicroprocessor.com/legacy/ Comments are welcome. Ray Holt --- End quote --- Welcome and an honor to have you here!! Regards, Sinisa. |
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