IEEE SCV Milestones 2013 Progress Report
12 December, 2013
IEEE SCV Milestones Chair Dick Ahrons reported that three of nine proposed milestones have been approved by the IEEE History Committee. They are: Ampex (Magnetic Storage pioneer in Redwood City, CA), CP/M (one of the first operating systems used by microprocessors and PCs; Gary Kildall of Digital Research, Pacific Grove, CA), and Shockley Labs (the birthplace of Silicon Valley).
Other milestones in progress include: SUN SPARC micro, Intel 386 micro, Intel 4004 micro, Apple Mac/I/II PCs
Each of the completed milestone recipients will get a placque which will be placed in an agreed upon location.
IEEE SV Tech History committee will post upcoming announcements of Milestone events (as they occur) on this website.