Greene, Frank S. Jr.
1938-2009 · Contribution: 1960s
Electrical engineer and venture capitalist
Designed high-speed semiconductor computer memory systems at Fairchild Semiconductor in the 1960s — among the fastest memory chips of their time — used in the ILLIAC IV supercomputer; pioneered redundant solid-state RAM
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Quick facts
- Born
- 1938, Washington, D.C.
- Active since
- 1965
- Category
- Technology & Engineering
- Best known for
- Pioneering high-speed semiconductor memory
Impact on the world
Greene helped push computing forward with record-fast memory chips, then opened another door by financing minority- and women-led startups as a venture capitalist.
Sources
- National Inventors Hall of Fame
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