Title :
History of the Development of Swiss Watch Microprocessors
Author :
Piguet, Christian
Author_Institution :
Member, IEEE, CSEM, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Abstract :
While the microprocessors used today in most personal computers, PDA\´s and self-phones are very well known, the evolution of watch microprocessors is a completely unknown and a very "Swiss" or "Neuchatel" story. Christian Piguet, a designer of low-power low-voltage integrated circuits in CMOS technology and the author of more than a dozen patents on digital design, microprocessors and watch systems, provides a first hand view of this chronology.
Keywords :
Clocks; Computer architecture; History; Microprocessors; Reduced instruction set computing; Transistors; Watches; CMOS; Microprocessors; electronic watches; history of sciences and techniques; integrated circuits;
Journal_Title :
Solid-State Circuits Society Newsletter, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/N-SSC.2008.4785781
