Raymond M. Holt is a computer designer and businessman in Silicon Valley.
From 1968 to 1970, Ray and his brother Bill Holt were on the
Garrett AiResearch's small design team that developed the world's first
microprocessor
A microprocessor is a computer processor where the data processing logic and control is included on a single integrated circuit, or a small number of integrated circuits. The microprocessor contains the arithmetic, logic, and control circ ...
chip set, the 20-bit
Central Air Data Computer (CADC), for the
F-14 Tomcat.
The CADC was never deployed for any other purpose, thereby leaving room for the 4-bit
Intel 4004 to become the first ''commercially'' produced microprocessor.
Holt's story of the design and development of the CADC is presented in a podcast and a ''Wired'' article.
Holt was co-founder with Manny Lemas of
Microcomputer Associates, Incorporated
Microcomputer Associates, Inc., was founded by Manny Lemas and Ray Holt. It produced the low-cost Jolt Microcomputer, released in 1975. Microcomputer Associates introduces the 6502 based Jolt computer kit for $249. It was later acquired by semi ...
,
[old-computers.com museum]
/ref> later known as Synertek Systems where he designed the Jolt, Super Jolt
Super may refer to:
Computing
* SUPER (computer program), or Simplified Universal Player Encoder & Renderer, a video converter / player
* Super (computer science), a keyword in object-oriented programming languages
* Super key (keyboard butt ...
and SYM-1 microcomputer cards as well as the first microcomputer pinball game, Lucky Dice, using the Intel 4004. One of Holt's computer boards, the SYM-1, was used in the first two military robots, Robart I and Robart II.
Holt is the founder and president of Mississippi Robotics, a non-profit organization
A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in co ...
serving rural schools and ministries in Mississippi, teaching a STEM/Robotics curriculum and holding robot competitions twice a year.
References
External links
First Microprocessor website
Jolt Microcomputer
American computer scientists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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