BlogsCHM Event Commemorating the 25th anniversary of Sun Micro’s SPARC MicroprocessorOn November 1, 2012, a panel of Sun Micro luminaries discussed how the company “bet the ranch” on the SPARC microprocessor at an early and critical stage of the company’s development. The panel was expertly moderated by my Northeastern University MSEE classmate Dave House. CHM CEO/Prez John Hollar did a great job introducing and closing the program.The rationale for developing SPARC was that Sun Micro needed higher performance than was then available from Intel, Motorola, Zilog, microprocessors for their next gen workstations. SPARC was designed by Anant Agrawal as a higher performance RISC microprocessor using gate array technology rather than traditional stored program machine.
Doomsday Scenarios-Big Science Discussion @ Computer History Museum (CHM) in Mt View, CA on October 27, 2012Several very provocative doomsday scenarios were discussed, but then refuted by subject matter experts called up to the stage to engage in conversation with the program hosts- an astro-physicist and a science writer.
Oct 25, 2012 was a Banner Day at Computer History Museum!This Thursday, Oct 25th was a huge event day at the CHM in Mt View, CA. The week included a number of important events and milestones: 1. There were 5 different venue rental events on Oct 25th, including Day One of the Rusnano Conference; Day Two of the Internet Identify Conference; a Symantec theme party; a K&L Gates meeting, and the University of Texas. 2. There was also a Quarterly CHM Board of Trustees meeting. 3. Thursday is a "open to the public" day for the CHM's flagship Revolution exhibit. There were over 1,100 visitors were at the museum- quite a bit for a work day.
Exciting Happenings at Computer History Museum: New Blog, Social Media, Digital Repository, Exhibits & Events!1. The venerable Computer History Museum (CHM) in Mt View, CA recently launched a multimedia blog, with contributors from their seasoned staff of curators and subject matter experts. CHM Prez John Hollar told me, ”This has been one of the most important initiatives CHM has taken in the area of digital content and distribution. It is and will continue to be a window into the museum’s work by publishing different types of content on a variety of interesting topics.” @CHM is the blog name. Check it our here: http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/ More info at: http://www.computerhistory.org/bloginfo/ You can subscribe to this blog as a RSS feed to get updates which are published once or more per week (I like Google Reader for that purpose).
Did V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai Invent Email? (UPDATED)Did V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai Invent Email? A Computer Historian Responds Now includes both the original article comissioned by the Washington Post and a lengthy extension covering Ayyadurai's susequent claims added in August 2012.
CHM-7/31 Event Summary: Ken Segall on "The Obsession That Drives Apple’s Success"A Sell Out/SRO crowd of over 400 people attended an outstanding Computer History Museum (CHM) talk by Ken Segall, author of the book, Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple’s Success. Mr. Segall was interviewed by Harry McCracken of Time magazine about his his experiences with Steve Jobs and other executivess at Apple. Segal named the iMAC personal computer, which gave rise to all the other Apple iXYZ products (iPOD, iPAD, iPhone, etc). He worked with Steve Jobs for over 12 years while he was with an advertising agency. Segall saw all sides of the mercurial Jobs, acknowledging that Jobs could be controlling, unkind and petulant, but could also stroke egos and incite inspiration. www.KenSegall.com
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