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Chester Gordon Bell (August 19, 1934 – May 17, 2024) was an American electrical engineer and manager. An early employee of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), from 1960–1966, Bell designed several of their PDP machines and later served as the company's Vice President of Engineering from 1972–1983, overseeing development of the VAX ...
May 21, 2024 · Computer pioneer Gordon Bell, who as an early employee of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) played a key role in the development of several influential minicomputer systems and also co-founded...
May 23, 2024 · Gordon Bell had an innate sense of what computers could be and should be. He was not only a pioneer in computing, but the creator of other pioneers through the challenges he set forth. I know of no other person in computing who has done so much to help the careers of others, while also advancing the industry.
May 21, 2024 · C. Gordon Bell, a true visionary in the world of computing who helped design some of the first minicomputers in the 1960s, died May 17 at the age of 89, according to a new report from the New...
May 22, 2024 · RIP: Gordon Bell, a true visionary of the computer age, has passed away at the age of 89. The computing luminary leaves behind an incredible legacy as one of the key architects who...
May 22, 2024 · C. Gordon Bell, a pioneering researcher and engineer in computing, died on May 17 due to pneumonia at his home in Coronado, California. He was 89 years old. His groundbreaking technical...
May 21, 2024 · Bell was a pivotal figure in the history of computing and a notable champion of tech history, having founded Boston's Computer Museum in 1979, which later became the heart of the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, with his wife Gwen Bell.
May 22, 2024 · We lost the second of them – Gordon Bell – recently, on May 17. The first, Intel co-founder Gordon Moore, died in March last year. Both lived full and long lives, packed with accomplishments and executed with charm, wit, tenacity, and crystal clear intelligence.
May 22, 2024 · Legendary computer scientist Gordon Bell passed away last Friday at his home in Coronado, CA. He was 89. The New York Times has a nice tribute piece. A long-time pioneer with Digital Equipment Corp, he pushed hard for development of lower cost, high-performing alternatives to the IBM mainframe.
May 29, 2024 · C. Gordon Bell, a visionary designer of computer systems and former Carnegie Mellon University faculty member whose work helped shrink computers from room-filling mainframes to more compact, affordable and practical machines, died May 17 at his home in Coronado, California. He was 89.
