Nathan Gabriel

It's now a costly signal to research these topics, actually it already was. But, now it's more costly than it was before.

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Photo of Lynn Conway

Wikipedia screenshot: The Mead–Conway VLSI chip design revolution, or Mead and Conway revolution, was a very-large-scale integration (VLSI) design revolution starting in 1978 which resulted in a worldwide restructuring of academic materials in computer science and electrical engineering education, and was paramount for the development of industries based on the application of microelectronics. A prominent factor in promoting this design revolution throughout industry was the DARPA-funded VLSI Project instigated by Carver Mead and Lynn Conway which spurred development of electronic design automation.

Been thinking a lot about Lynn Conway. A DARPA-funded trans woman who helped revolutionize semiconductors. Around the same time, the Soviet Union was firing computer scientists for being Jewish. I believe in onshoring some semiconductor production. I also believe we succeed by embracing diversity.

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