IEEE Chip hall of fame - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: johnh
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 07, 2017, 07:55:53 am
content: has anybody read some the articles in the IEEE chip hall of fame.http://spectrum.ieee.org/static/chip-hall-of-fameWhat chip do you think is missing?

author: capt bullshot
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 07, 2017, 08:07:35 am
content: The Transputer:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transputer

author: coppice
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 07, 2017, 10:07:12 am
content: That's a very odd list. If its supposed to be the most pioneering devices they'd have the Intel 2920 (pretty useless, but very early), the Bell DSP1, or the NEC uPD7720 DSP rather than the TI 32010. If its supposed to be the devices that made a real impact in the market they would have another UART rather than the WD1402A.

author: JPortici
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 07, 2017, 10:47:38 am
content: meh, this kinds of lists... the top 10 whatever articles... they are never going to satisfy anyone. they are there just so you can share/comment/click/ad revenuejust shrug and move on

author: djacobow
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 05, 2018, 03:14:02 pm
content: New inductees this week.https://spectrum.ieee.org/static/chip-hall-of-fameI also agree it's a strange list. Transmeta Crusoe? Please. They tried to take out Intel and failed, straight up. When they realized they couldn't win in performance, they made up a power story.

author: schmitt trigger
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 05, 2018, 05:06:14 pm
content: Where is the voltage regulator section?I mean, where would we be without a 78xx-type regulator? Or the uA723? Or if considering switch mode controllers, the SG3524?

author: rdl
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 05, 2018, 06:57:12 pm
content: The choices this time seem a little better and the stories behind them are all interesting. I do agree about the voltage regulators. At least one representative 3 terminal regulator should definitely be there.

author: RobK_NL
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 05, 2018, 07:22:15 pm
content: Quote from: schmitt trigger on July 05, 2018, 05:06:14 pmExactly! The LM309 and the uA723 should be right up there.

author: chris_leyson
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 05, 2018, 07:35:59 pm
content: Nice to see Atmel AVR there. Interesting interview with Vergard WollanAnd Alf-Egil Bogen

author: djacobow
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 05, 2018, 08:16:53 pm
content: Quote from: chris_leyson on July 05, 2018, 07:35:59 pmYeah, I think it was right to include it, too.For me, the AVR stands out as the one microcontroller family with datasheets that are correct and complete enough that you can program the device and its peripherals without having to consult multiple external sources, such as various errata pubs, or even better yet, rando websites where someone has figured out a chip erratum, but the mfr won't bother to update their datasheet, or where the chip is fine but the data sheet is wrong, but the code examples work, and so those become the relevant documentation, etc, etc.AVR is blessedly free of most of that crap, which makes it a good and perhaps lucky choice to lead the maker charge.

author: chris_leyson
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 05, 2018, 08:46:35 pm
content: @djacobow, I like the AVR I find them a lot easier to use than PICs and the documentation is easy to follow. Didn't know that the architecture was developed by Alf-Egil Bogen and Vegard Wollan at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Learnt a bit of history today