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Frederick P. Brooks, Jr., Erich Bloch, and Bob O. Evans
Breakthrough family of IBM System/360 computers
International Business Machines Corp. Computing

Steven P. Jobs and Stephen Wozniak
The personal computer is born
Apple Computer Computing

Reynold B. Johnson
Introduced and developed magnetic disk storage for computers
International Business Machines Corp. Computing

William Norris
Advancement of microelectronics and computer technology
Control Data Corporation Computing

Robert N. Noyce
Inventor of the integrated circuit and champion of the Information Age
Intel Corp. Computing

Robert H. Dennard
Inventor of DRAM, modern computer memory
IBM T. J. Watson Research Center Computing

Jay W. Forrester and Robert R. Everett
Developers of the first real-time electronic digital computer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and The Mitre Corporation Computing

Gordon E. Moore
Visionary leader of the microchip revolution
Intel Corporation Computing

Jack St. Clair Kilby
Computing pioneer and prolific inventor
Jack Kilby Co. Computing

John V. Atanasoff
Co-inventor of the first digital computer
Iowa State University Computing

C. Gordon Bell
Continuing achievements in computer design
Microsoft Corporation Computing

Grace Murray Hopper
Inventor of the first modern computer language
Computing

John Cocke
Inventor of reduced instruction set computer (RISC) architecture
International Business Machines Corp. Computing

Robert W. Galvin
Leadership and technological innovation in electronics
Motorola Incorporated Computing

William H. Gates III
Computing visionary and business leader
Microsoft Corporation Computing

Kenneth H. Olsen
Entrepreneur and innovator of computing technology
Digital Equipment Corporation Computing

Edward R. McCracken
Groundbreaking work in 3D visual computing
SGI Computing

IBM Team: Praveen Chaudhari, Jerome J. Cuomo, and Richard J. Gambino
Inventors of read-write, optical storage technology
IBM TJ Watson Research Center Computing

Glen Culler
Computing and network pioneer
Culler Scientific Systems Corporation Computing

Robert Taylor
Helping make computers personal
Computing

Douglas C. Engelbart
Director, Bootstrap Institute
Bootstrap Institute Computing

IBM Corporation
World leader in data storage technology
Computing

Jerry M. Woodall
Semiconductor researcher and inventor
Yale University Computing

Calvin H. Carter, Jr.
Pioneer in the development of new semiconductor materials
Cree, Inc. Computing

Carver A. Mead
Microelectronics leader, teacher and entrepreneur
California Institute of Technology Computing

Robert M. Metcalfe
Inventor of the Ethernet
Polaris Venture Partners Computing

Watts S. Humphrey
Innovator of software development and production methodologies
Fellow of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), Carnegie Mellon University Computing

IBM-Microelectronics Division
Four decades of innovation in semiconductor technology
Armonk, NY Computing

Industrial Light & Magic
30 years of innovation in visual effects technology for the motion picture industry
San Francisco, CA Computing

Ralph H. Baer
Father of the Home Videogame
Engineering Consultant, Manchester, NH Computing

Xerox Corporation
For over 50 years of innovation in marketing, materials, electronics, communications, and software
Norwalk, CT Computing



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