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Robert W. Bower
Robert W. Bower Born: 1936 Birthplace: Santa Monica, Calif. Field-effect device with insulated gates—Also known as the…Seymour Cray
Seymour Cray Born: 1925Birthplace: Chippewa Falls, Wis. Computer vector register processing—Known as the supercomputer. Supercomputers are defined as computers that have extraordinary high…Robert Heath Dennard
Robert Heath Dennard Born: 1932Birthplace: Terrell, Tex. One-transistor dynamic random access memory—Dr. Dennard's invention of DRAM, most often called RAM, was a core development in today's…Mark Dean
Mark DeanBorn: 1957Birthplace: Jefferson City, Tenn. Microcomputer with bus control means for peripheral devices—The work of these IBM scientists is what allows IBM and IBM-compatible…Dennis Moeller
Dennis Moeller Born: 1950Birthplace: St. Louis, Mo. Microcomputer with bus control means for peripheral devices—The work of these IBM scientists is what allows IBM and IBM-compatible…S. Joseph Begun
S. Joseph Begun Born: 1905Birthplace: (Danzig, Germany, now Gdansk Poland) Magnetic recording— Early recording machines of the 1920s were cumbersome at best. Sound was recorded magnetically…Douglas Engelbart
Douglas EngelbartBorn: 1925Birthplace: near Portland, Oregon X-Y position indicator for a display system: the mouse—Douglas Engelbart envisioned a computer that would work in the modern…James L. Fergason
James L. FergasonBorn: 1934Birthplace: Wakenda, Missouri Liquid crystal display (LCD)—Liquid crystal displays were originally based on a concept that used a large amount of powder, provided a limited…Kary Banks Mullis
Kary Banks MullisBorn: 1944Birthplace: North Carolina PCR, Polymerase chain reaction—Mullis invented PCR, the process for amplifying nucleic acids, in 1993 while at Cetus Corporation. PCR…Henry Timken
Henry Timken Born: 1831 Birthplace: Bremen, Germany Tapered roller bearings—The bearings that existed in the late…Trending
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