Lynn Conway's VLSI Archive Spreadsheet
[V 6-03-08] 
This spreadsheet lists the main files in Lynn's VLSI Archive down the left-most column, enabling an easy overview of the archive.
Each block of rows then links to detailed sections and pages in those files, enable easy access to specific items.
For a general overview, start with "The MPC Adventures" and then browse the "Main Links" page.
If you have ideas for things to add, please e-mail Lynn (click here).
If this sheet doesn't display well, click to download Excel version (best for printing).
[See also the status-sheet of items being filed at the Computer History Museum]
The MPC Adventures PDF
Lynn's VLSI Archive
Main Links Page Advent Bkgd Book MIT78 InstG ImpG MPC79 files fotos ID79 ID80 EA SICs VDM
Main Links Page (cont.) Conf Impsrv Univ DARPA Des Tools EDA FnSrv Meth Imp MCR SS
Links re Impact MCI nrc DL ElecDes
Links re Historical Reflections DM DR WD BI SW CE MIT Res PB DP SU TT MC ACS XP
1: Innovation and exploratory development of the Mead-Conway design methods:
Background and context HTML
Basic Limitations: 'ARPA report' PDF Front Frnt I II III IV V VI ApA ApB ApC ApD
Scientific American article PDF
Backgrounds of Mead and Conway (TBD)
The 'Sutherland letter', 1-76 PDF
The Xerox PARC/Caltech collaboration HTML
Mead's LSI circuit design course, 7-76 PDF
The OM project at Caltech SciAM MCv2 C5
Innovation of VLSI system design methods DM
Invention of scalable design rules DR
Lynn's tutorials on the methods
The idea of doing "the book" WD BI SW
The OM2 rigorously applies the methods MCv2 C5
PARC MPC, 11-77
Mead-Conway Text HTML
draft 1 (10-77) PDF Front Ch1 Ch2 Ch3
draft 2 (2-78) PDF Front Ch1 Ch2 Ch3 Ch4 Ch5
draft 3 (8-78) single-sided format PDF Front Ch1 Ch2 Ch3 Ch4 Ch5 Ch6 Ch7 Ch8 Ch9
draft 3 (8-78) double-sided format PDF Front Ch1 Ch2 Ch3 Ch4 Ch5 Ch6 Ch7 Ch8 Ch9  
Intro to VLSI Systems, A-W (9-79) prelim
Intro to VLSI Systems, A-W (11-79) 1st pr
Intro to VLSI Systems, A-W (10-80) 2nd pr Front
Color Plates Fcov FP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Color Plates (cont.) 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 EP Bcov
French translation PDF Front Fore
Japanese translation PDF Front
Guide to LSI Implementation, 1st Ed PDF Front C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 AA AB AC AD AE AF  
MIT'78 VLSI design course PDF Front S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7
Chip Photos (hi-res  jpgs) C1 C2
Chip Photos (very hi-res) C1 C2
Instructors Guide PDF Front L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 L6 L7 L8 L9 L10 L11  
Instructors Guide (cont.) L12 L13 S1 L14 L15 L16 L17 S2 S3 L18 S4 LL
Guide to LSI Implementation, 2nd Ed PDF Front C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 AA AB AC AD AE  
Intensive courses, summer '79 (TBD)
PARC Course, summer '79 (TBD)
The Instructor's Course, summer '79 (TBD)
MPC79 Overview
MPC79 Report PDF
MPC79 Files PDF Front AB S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 S10 S11 S12 S13 S14 S15
MPC79 messages/letters M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 U1 U2 M6 MF HPL GL KL
MPC79 Impl. Doc. PDF Front S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7
Chip Photos (PDFs) PDF Front B C D E F G I J K L M N GE CH H
Chip Photos (hi res jpgs) B C D E F G I J K L M N GE CH H
Designers and Projects Calt CMU MIT Stan UCB UI UR Oth
MPC580 Overview
MPC580 Impl. Doc. PDF Front S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6
Designers and Projects  (TBD)
Electronics Magazine alerts industry  PDF
2: Early propagation, adoption, leveraging and commercialization of the methods:
Short Intensive VLSI Design Courses
PARC courses Mead76 Parc77 Parc2-79
University-based short courses Instr79 MIT
Internal company courses HP DEC IBM
VLSI Technology, Inc. courses Front Broch9-81
Lambda-VLSI Design Magazine 1Q80 2Q80 4Q80 1Q81 2Q81 3Q81 4Q81 JF82 MA82 MJ82 JA82 SO82 ND82 JF83 MA83 MJ83
The early VLSI Conferences
Caltech, Jan 1979   Front Moore Mead
MIT, Jan 1980 Abstr MPC79
Caltech, Jan 1981  Front MPCAdv MOSIS
Edinburgh, Aug 81 Front Mead DesRul DSP MOSSIM
CMU, Oct 81  Front OpMouse RISC MIPS
MIT, Jan 1982 PList RISC Sc'me81 Seitz PixelPl
IEEE Spring CompCon, Feb 82 PList Conway MIPS RISC Seitz Lipman Eth'net Bell Wt'sen Caesar Panel
Caltech, Mar 83 Front MIPS Crystal  
The VLSI Implementation Services HTML
U.S. MOSIS
Australia AusMPC CSIRO Inst Ws PR82 MC82 Bell82 EP82 Lip82 Photos VJF83
Germany E.I.S. Hart80
France CMP
U.K.
Europe EUROCHIP
Universities
Early University Scene (Lambda) 1Q80 2Q80 4Q80 1Q81 MA82
'82-'83 VLSI Instructors PDF    
The DARPA VLSI Program (TBD)
Early Classic VLSI Design Tools 
Scalable Design Rules, Conway et al Retrosp3 MCv1 C2 MCtext L1Q80 L1Q81 Edin81
ICARUS, Fairbairn & Rowson MCv2 C4 DAC78
CIF2.0, Lyon and Sproull MCv2 C4 IGCh7
Silicon Compilation, Dave Johannsen CT79 DAC79
MOSSIM, Randy Bryant L1Q80 Thesis81 DAC81 Edin81 CTCS82
DRC-CirctExtr-TimSim, Terman L4Q80
CAESAR, John Ousterhout VD4Q81 CC82
CRYSTAL, John Ousterhout UCB-Link PDF83 CT83
MAGIC, John Ousterhout PDF12-83 V 7.5 DOCs Wiki
Early Classic VLSI Designs 
OM2, Dave Johannsen, et al MCv2 C5 MCv3 C5
The Geometry Engine, James Clark L2Q80 C 7-80 L4Q80
RSA Cipher Chip, Ron Rivest, et al L4Q80
Scheme78, 79, 81, Steele, Sussman, et al MIT78 MIT80 MIT82
Bit-Serial DSP, Dick Lyon XP12-80 Edin81
Optical Mouse, Dick Lyon XP8-81 CMU81 VJF82
RISC, Dave Patterson, et al V4Q81 CMU81 MIT82 CC82 VSO82
MIPS, John Hennessy, et al CMU81 CC82 CT83 MIPS
SPARC, Andreas Bechtolsheim NRC hist  
Emergence of the VLSI EDA Industry (TBD)
CAE workstations VMA83
VLSI Technology
HP (internal)
Cadence
Valid Logic
Daisy
Mentor Graphics
The Emergence of "Silicon Foundries" (TBD)
Early overviews and status reports L1Q81 AWE81 VJA82 Intro Manuf QC Surv82 Surv83
3: Reflections on what happened:
 
The Design of VLSI Design Methods PDF Invited Paper In ESSCIRC82
Lynn PARC photo JPG
M-C Wetherill Medal Photo JPG
Mead-Conway Impact  
NRC historical book  
Dealers of Lightning    
Electr Des Hall of Fame PDF
Mead-Conway References