Pikes Peak IEEE Life Member Affinity Group, Joint Electron Devices/Circuits and Systems Chapter, Solid State Circuits Chapter, Pikes Peak Section
April In-Person Meeting, Tuesday, April 7, 6:00 pm MDT
Downtown Panino's, 604 North Tejon Street, Colorado Springs, CO 80903
HP Focus 32-bit NMOS Microprocessor
The First Single Chip 1 Micron 32-bit Microprocessor
Jim Mikkelson, Former HP Fort Collins, Project Manager
Hewlett Packard built it’s first semiconductor fab in Loveland, CO in 1970 to build 7 micron NMOS chips used in HP calculator and desktop computer products. By 1975, they were building 5 micron ROM products and the processor chips for the HP9871 Printer and a family of desktop computers. Loveland became the world’s largest NMOS fab at the time.
In 1978, HP built a new fab in Fort Collins to manufacture an advanced 1 micron NMOS process for the HP Focus 32-bit microprocessor to be used in HP desktop computer and workstation products. Jim Mikkelson was a Member of the Technical Staff at the time and would become Project Manager for the 1 micron NMOS process development for the Focus microprocessor. Jim will describe the challenges of concurrent development of process, circuit, and system while building a new fab with new advanced lithography, deposition, etching, and metallization processes. A similar talk was awarded the Outstanding Paper Award at 1981 IEEE International Solid State Circuits Conference.
Speaker(s): Jim Mikkelson,
Agenda:
Introductions
Dinner
Presentations
Q&A
Bldg: Downtown Panino's Restaurant, 604 North Tejon Street, Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, 80903
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