Index of images/figures for Lynn Conway: [V 12-29-14]
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Table of Contents:
FIGURE (i): Recent photo of Lynn Conway (2013)
FIGURE 1a: IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, N.Y.
FIGURE 1b: Superscalar Dynamic Instruction Scheduling (DIS) Functional Diagrams, by Lynn Conway, IBM-ACS (1965)
FIGURE 1d: Design of the IBM-ACS Computer Design Process, by Lynn Conway (1968)
FIGURE 2: Memorex 7100 (MRX30 manufacturing prototype).
FIGURE 3: Lynn Conway at Xerox PARC (1977)
FIGURE 4: The λ-based scalable NMOS design rules (two parts)
FIGURE 5: Students at DEC-20 terminals in the MIT '78 VLSI design lab
FIGURE 6: Students Jim Cherry and Gerald Roylance and TA Glen Miranker study a checkplot, MIT '78
FIGURE 7: Photo of the MIT '78 chip set
FIGURE 8: Map of the Arpanet in that era (1980)
FIGURE 9: MPC79 implementation system; overview of the software
FIGURE 10: The Mead-Conway text
FIGURE 11: Flowchart of events for MPC79
FIGURE 12: Alan Bell completing the design-file merge for MPC79
FIGURE 13: Lynn Conway, Alan Bell, Martin Newell and Richard Lyon complete the final packaging of MPC79 chips
FIGURE 14: MPC79 wafer, die and packaged chip (two parts)
FIGURE 15: MPC79 die type BK, from Stanford University
FIGURE 16: The "Geometry Engine" prototype by Jim Clark of Stanford (one of the projects on die-type BK)
FIGURE 18: Premiere issue of Lambda, the Magazine of VLSI Design (1st Qtr, 1980)
FIGURE 19: Conway and Mead receive the Electronics Award for Achievement (1981)
FIGURE 20a,b: Xerox PARC, the scene of Lynn's VLSI "MPC Adventures"
FIGURE 20c: Lynn Conway in her office at PARC (1983)
FIGURE 21: Mead and Conway awarded the Wetherill Medal (1985)
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FIGURE 24a,b: Lynn running the "Big Drop" and approaching slalom gate at the ACA Whitewater National Championships, Wausau,WI (June 1991)
FIGURE 25a,b,c,d: Lynn racing supercross at the Pontiac Silverdome (June 28, 1993)
FIGURE 26: Members of the Board of Visitors of the US Air Force Academy get ready to go flying (July 1996)
FIGURE 27: IBM-ACS Reunion at Yorktown Heights, NY, July 29, 1999
FIGURE 29: Photo of Lynn Conway at MIT in October 2008, exactly 30 years after launching the VLSI design course there.
FIGURE 30: Lynn with her husband Charles Rogers, 2010
FIGURE 32a,b,c: Lynn receives the Fellow Award of the Computer History Museum, 2014 (VIDEO-1, VIDEO-2)
FIGURE 33: Lynn named to receive 2015 IEEE James Clerk Maxwell Medal (UM Engineering News Article)
FIGURE 34: QR Code to access the VLSI Archive
FIGURE 35: QR Code to access Lynn Conway's website
List of Figures:
Thumbnails and Links to Full-resolution Versions
FIGURE (i): Recent photo of Lynn Conway (2013)
FIGURE 1a: IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY
FIGURE 1b: Superscalar Dynamic Instruction Scheduling (DIS) Functional Diagrams, by Lynn Conway (1965)
FIGURE 1c: Visualization of the Abstraction-Levels of the Computer Design Process, by Lynn Conway (1968)
FIGURE 1d: Design of the IBM-ACS Computer Design Process, by Lynn Conway (1968)
FIGURE 2: The Memorex 7100 (MRX30 manufacturing prototype).
FIGURE 3: Lynn at Xerox PARC (1977)
FIGURE 4 (parts a, b): Lynn's λ-based scalable NMOS VLSI design rules
FIGURE 5: Students at DEC-20 terminals in the MIT '78 VLSI design lab
FIGURE 6: Students Jim Cherry and Gerald Roylance and TA Glen Miranker study a checkplot, MIT '78
[For more photos from the MIT '78 course, see this link.]
FIGURE 7: The MIT '78 chip set
FIGURE 8: Map of the Arpanet in the MPC79 era (1980)
FIGURE 9: Overview of e-commerce software for MPC79's "fabless" VLSI chip implementation system
FIGURE 10: The Mead-Conway text
FIGURE 11: Flowchart of events for MPC79, the demonstration-operation of the first VLSI "fabless-design + silicon-foundry" e-commerce system
FIGURE 12: Alan Bell at PARC completing the design-file merge for MPC79 (historic photo)
FIGURE 13: Lynn Conway, Alan Bell, Martin Newell and Dick Lyon complete the final packaging of MPC79 chips for distribution to designers.
A VERY HISTORIC FIGURE!
[Unfortunately, this old Polaroid photo is blurry. However, it's very historic and should be used if at all possible. If reduced less than 3"x3" or so, should look OK in print.]
FIGURE 14 (parts a, b): MPC79 wafer, die and packaged chip
FIGURE 15: MPC79 die type BK, from Stanford University
FIGURE 16: The "Geometry Engine" prototype (which launched Silicon Graphics) by Jim Clark of Stanford (one of the projects on die-type BK)
FIGURE 17: The guided evolutionary-design-process of a multi-level system of engineering knowledge: Design projects provide feedback for debugging at all levels.
FIGURE 18: The premiere issue of Lambda, the Magazine of VLSI Design (1st Qtr, 1980)
FIGURE 19: Conway and Mead receive the 1981 Electronics Award for Achievement (1981)
FIGURE 20a, b: Xerox PARC, the scene of Lynn's VLSI "MPC Adventures"
FIGURE 20c: Lynn Conway in her office at PARC (1983) Photo by Margaret Moulton
[HISTORIC PHOTO: On Lynn's desk are the Alto computer she used to write the VLSI text and the TI terminal she used to communicate with PARC while at MIT. She's also holding an issue of VLSI Design Magazine.]
FIGURE 21: Mead and Conway receive the Wetherill Medal at the Franklin Institute (1985)
FIGURE 24a,b: Lynn running the "Big Drop" and approaching slalom gate at the ACA Whitewater National Championships, Wausau,WI (June 1991)
FIGURE 25a,b,c,d: Lynn racing supercross at the Pontiac Silverdome (June 28, 1993)
FIGURE 26: Members of the Board of Visitors of the US Air Force Academy get ready to go flying (July 1996)
[L-R]: Ambassador Fred Zeder, U.S. Rep. Pete Peterson (D-FL), U. S. Rep. John Tanner (D-TN), Prof. Lynn Conway, Gen. Brent Scowcroft.
FIGURE 27: IBM-ACS Reunion at Yorktown Heights, NY, July 29, 1999:
(L-R) John Cocke, Fran Allen, Herb Schorr,
Lynn Conway
FIGURE 28: Lynn and her fiancé Charles Rogers are married on Mackinac Island, August 13, 2002 (they'd lived together since 1988).
FIGURE (29): Lynn on an
anonymous sentimental visit to MIT in October 2008,
exactly 30 years after launching her pioneering VLSI system design course there.
FIGURE 30: Lynn with her husband Charles Rogers, 2010.
FIGURE 31: Cover of the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine containing Lynn's 'VLSI Reminiscences' (Fall 2012).
This special-issue for the first time revealed Lynn's role as the 'hidden hand' behind the VLSI Revolution.
FIGURE 32a,b,c: Lynn receives the Fellow Award of the Computer History Museum, 2014 (CHM video-1, CHM video-2)
FIGURE 33: Lynn named to receive 2015 IEEE James Clerk Maxwell Medal (UM Engineering News Article)
FIGURE 34: QR Code to access The VLSI Archive
FIGURE 35: QR Code to access Lynn Conway's website
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