Revisions to web page: Who are the Computer Architects?

• February 1, 2017
  • corrected URL typo and added links to Internet Archive pages for three Compaq press releases; some minor formatting changes

• January 31, 2017
  • corrected and extended NMOS/CMOS VAX implementation descriptions, thanks to Dick Sites

• March 25, 2016
  • added link to IEEE Spectrum article on Transmeta Crusoe project

• January 10, 2016
  • revised Power4 entry

• July 23, 2014
  • revised CDC 3600 entry

• April 21, 2014
  • added a link to Intel 386 oral history panel at CHM; added names of the first two Intel Merced project directors

• August 8, 2013
  • added a link to Elizabeth Fisher's book on Multiflow and a cite for Jessica Livingston's interview with Ron Gruner regarding Alliant

• April 23, 2013
  • added information about the Rational R1000 and placed in new section

• November 27, 2012
  • added link to Itanium slides at HC12, thanks to Harsh Sharangpani

• March 11, 2012
  • added information on DEC 11/730, thanks to Tim Leonard, and information on the DEC KL10, 11/780, and 8600, and on SiCortex, thanks to Jud Leonard

• May 15, 2011
  • added link to National Semi 32K oral history, thanks to Don Alpert

• February 18, 2011
  • added link to Bob Colwell oral history

• September 28, 2010
  • updated Intel info, thanks to Harsh Sharangpani

• July 31 and August 2, 2010
  • updated Motorola 88K and TI Explorer entries, thanks to Chuck Corley and Claude Moughanni

• June 22, 2010
  • updated S/360 info and titles, from list in Fred Brooks' The Design of Design

• May 11, 2010
  • updated S/360 M75 info, thanks to Bill Wissick

• November 5, 2009
  • updated PDP-10 info, thanks to Chris White

• July 2, 2009
  • added names and links to CDC 6600 entry

• May 12, 2009
  • recent ARM architects, thanks to Chris Hinds

• February 6, 2009
  • added IBM 3033 design team names

• November 4, 2008
  • added Russ Robelen as IBM S/360 Model 50 CPU manager; several other changes in IBM mainframe section

• July 19, 2008
  • added link to PC World interview of Stephen Morse

• July 24, 2007
  • updates to Clipper info, thanks to Siamak Arya

• March 10, 2007
  • updates to Cray info

• February 6, 2007
  • PDP-X and link to Bob Supnik's 2004 paper

• January 31, 2007
  • Fijitsu information, thanks to John Fredricksen and Aiichiro Inoue

• January 15, 2007
  • Cydrome and Ardent information, thanks to Tom Anderson

• October 8, 2006
  • added HP and IA-64 information, thanks to David Fotland

• August 21, 2006
  • added Titan and LISP Machine information, thanks to Jud Leonard

• July 21, 2006
  • added link to Harwood Kolsky's Stretch memo

• June 20, 2006
  • updated DEC and DG info, thanks to Carl Alsing

• April 2, 2006
  • added links to Robert Yung's dissertation - I don't know why I hadn't run across it before!

• March 24, 2006
  • updated Univac info, thanks to George Gray

• February 24, 2006
  • updated SPARC info, thanks to Eric Fischer

• February 6, 2006
  • 6800 and 6502, thanks to Russell Fish

• December 19, 2005
  • corrections from Doug Gilmore and Ken Omohundro

• December 18, 2005
  • added links to Bob Colwell's book, The Pentium Chronicles, and two other Chuck Moore articles

• August 31, 2005
  • m-core architects, thanks to Bill Mangione-Smith

• June 16, 2005
  • many helpful suggestions, including Stellar and VAX information, thanks to Clem Cole

• June 15, 2004
  • Ben Dent on B6500, thanks to Hugh Hyatt

• May 25/27, 2004
  • PPC 620 and 630 architects, thanks to Roger Bailey

• Apr. 9, 2004
  • UltraSPARC V cancelled

• Feb. 23/26, 2004
  • link to Bob Colwell's talk at Stanford
  • added Neil Lincoln's quote

• Dec. 22, 2003
  • various changes/updates to IBM Power/PPC and Alpha entries

• Dec. 19, 2003
  • changes to Burroughs with thanks to Ivan Godard

• Dec. 18, 2003
  • changes to AMD with thanks to Andy Glew

• Dec. 2, 2003
  • changes to IBM Power / America with thanks to Vojin Oklobdzija

• Nov. 8-11, 2003
  • changes to PPC-AS and Transputer descriptions

• Nov. 3, 2003
  • multiple changes to add dates, link to sandpile.org, and link to Chuck Moore's IEEE Micro article

• Feb. 12, 2003
  • corrected infomation on PDP-10 and KA, thanks to Al Kossow

• Nov. 16, 2001
  • corrected infomation on i960 and XScale, thanks to Steve Strazdus

• Sept. 20, 2001
  • added info on DEC PRISM

• Sept. 14, 2001
  • replaced UVC links with MURL links for videos

• Sept. 6, 2001
  • added Alpha information

• July 18, 2001
• August 31, 2001
  • added Pentium 4 info

• July 18, 2001
  • added various DEC information

• July 13, 2001
  • added citation of Matt Reilly's article on designing an Alpha processor (... although now it's R.I.P. Alpha ...)

• July 12, 2001
  • various updates to Cyrix and IDT; Power4

• July 6, 2001
  • corrected ARM information, thanks to Dave Jaggar

• June 22, 2001
  • ERA 1101/1102 architect, thanks to Peter Hoffman

• May 11, 2001
  • corrected two of the MIPS entries, thanks to Earl Killian

• March 9, 2001
  • added SPARC webcast

• March 3, 2001
  • PPC additions/corrections (thanks to Jeff Rupley for his help)

• February 7, 2001
  • idea for a BTC came from Phil Frieden (on AMD 29K project; thanks to Brian Case for his help in identifying this contribution)

• October 6, 2000
  • Additions to IA-64 references

• December 7, 1999
  • Additions to Apollo, Prime, and DEC entries (thanks to Charlie Crabb for his help); added link to Sony Playstation 2 article; removed several broken links

• November 29, 1999
  • corrections in HP and SPARC entries (thanks to Steve Muchnick for his help)

• October 25, 1999
  • info for Alliant entry (thanks to Mike Ziegler for his help)

• September 13, 1999
  • updated Cyrix entries (thanks to Dan Green for his help) and Supertek entry (thanks to Allen Baum)

• April 26/28, 1999
  • corrected links to Bell's talk on Cray (thanks to John Ahlstrom for his help)
  • added link to interview with Bill Worley (PA-RISC, PA Wide-Word)

• April 12, 1999
  • updated DG entries and added an entry for Rational (thanks to Henry Burkhardt and Dave Bernstein for their help)

• March 8, 1999
  • updated several web links for Bell's talk, Alpha processors, etc. (thanks to Sergey Svishchev for his help)

• February 10, 1999
  • corrected Stellar and Apollo DN-10000 entries (thanks to Turner Whitted for his help)

• January 4, 1999
  • added link to AP news story on Intergraph Clipper demise

• November 11, 1998
  • added names to AMD and UltraSPARC entries

• October 12, 1998
  • added info on M68K implementations

• October 1/2, 1998
  • added partial info on Z80, Z8000
  • revised StrongARM info now that Intel owns it and updated links (thanks to David Weinzierl for his help)

• September 21, 1998
  • added info on decision to include register windows in SPARC and partial Cyber 180 info

• August 31, 1998
  • added GE 635 and 645 (MULTICS) info and links

• July 22 & 23, 1998
  • added names and corrections to Apollo DN10000 entry

• July 9, 1998
  • added PSC1000 entry to Java processors, Supertek info, and link to AMD K6 3D case study interactive book

• July 6, 1998
  • added names to ARM, Burroughs 1700, Cydrome, and National Semi sections

• June 29, 1998
  • corrected typos (Intel/HP cooperation announcement in 1995 or 1994?)

• June 5, 1998
  • added names to Multiflow section

• May 19, 1998
  • added names to IBM mainframe section

• Apr. 6, 1998
  • added link to Dead Supercomputer Society

• Feb. 23, 1998
  • added links to Gordon Bell's talk on Seymour Cray
  • added a quote on RS/6000 from IBM on-line copy of interview with John Cocke

• Feb. 19, 1998
  • started to fill in minisupercomputer and mainframe categories
  • information on the Ardent Titan and the Stellar GS-1000
  • corrected architects on PPC 601, 603, and 603e

• Feb. 12, 1998
  • separate web page on historical background for HP/Intel EPIC (IA-64)

• Feb. 9, 1998
  • patent information on the Culler-7 (which I moved to a separate web page) and patent information on Metaflow Lightning/Thunder ( see separate web page)

• Feb. 5, 1998
  • more information on National Semi embedded processors and Swordfish (which I moved to a separate web page)

• Feb. 2, 1998
  • more information on NS32x32 processors and National Semi embedded processors and NS Swordfish; new entries for Zilog Z8000/Z80,000

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