DocumentCode
1416455
Title
From vacuum tubes to very large scale integration: a personal memoir
Author
Logue, Joseph C.
Volume
20
Issue
3
fYear
1998
Firstpage
55
Lastpage
68
Abstract
The article traces one man´s journey through the various different forms of electronics (from 1935 to 1986) and how they were developed and used at IBM. It also illuminates some of the reasons why particular decisions about various technologies were taken and the longer term results of those actions
Keywords
DP industry; IBM computers; electronic engineering; history; research initiatives; IBM; electronics; personal memoir; vacuum tubes; very large scale integration; Autobiographies; Biographies; Electron tubes; Very large scale integration; Virtual reality;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1058-6180
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/85.707575
Filename
707575
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