At Xerox PARC in the 1970s, she co-developed the Mead-Conway Very Large-Scale Integration (VLSI) chip design method with Carver Mead. This revolution simplified microchip design, allowing engineers to pack millions of transistors onto a single chip using software rather than hand-drawing. /4
January 3, 2026 at 1:40 AM
At Xerox PARC in the 1970s, she co-developed the Mead-Conway Very Large-Scale Integration (VLSI) chip design method with Carver Mead. This revolution simplified microchip design, allowing engineers to pack millions of transistors onto a single chip using software rather than hand-drawing. /4
World's first chip design class, early 1970s at @caltech.edu.
www.caltech.edu/about/news/h...
This is before the word "VLSI" was even coined.
www.caltech.edu/about/news/h...
This is before the word "VLSI" was even coined.
How a Small Class at Caltech Helped Launch a Computer Revolution
A computer chip design course taught by Carver Mead in the 1970s proved foundational to the rise of VLSI.
www.caltech.edu
September 17, 2025 at 4:58 AM
World's first chip design class, early 1970s at @caltech.edu.
www.caltech.edu/about/news/h...
This is before the word "VLSI" was even coined.
www.caltech.edu/about/news/h...
This is before the word "VLSI" was even coined.
…but the VLSI design methodology that made it possible to implement Wilson et al’s design for the ARM - that was Conway’s work.
May 30, 2026 at 7:26 PM
…but the VLSI design methodology that made it possible to implement Wilson et al’s design for the ARM - that was Conway’s work.
community-access VLSI foundry
Take a break from the discourse and quote this with a business you would want to start if you could afford to lose money on it
April 26, 2026 at 3:39 AM
community-access VLSI foundry
Intel wins jury trial over patent licenses in $3 billion VLSI fight reut.rs/4mD50Jm
Intel wins jury trial over patent licenses in $3 billion VLSI fight
A Texas federal jury determined on Thursday that Intel may have a license to patents owned by VLSI Technology, boosting Intel's efforts to overturn patent infringement verdicts that awarded VLSI more than $3 billion in damages.
reut.rs
May 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Intel wins jury trial over patent licenses in $3 billion VLSI fight reut.rs/4mD50Jm
VLSI
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#parametricart #plotterart #inkart #inkonpaper #monochromaticart
Coded in Processing. Pen plotted on Axidraw. Archival ink on paper.
#parametricart #plotterart #inkart #inkonpaper #monochromaticart
June 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
VLSI
Coded in Processing. Pen plotted on Axidraw. Archival ink on paper.
#parametricart #plotterart #inkart #inkonpaper #monochromaticart
Coded in Processing. Pen plotted on Axidraw. Archival ink on paper.
#parametricart #plotterart #inkart #inkonpaper #monochromaticart
In the early 1980s, if a college or university even had a VLSI design course (very few did back then), it almost certainly used Mead and Conway as the text.
Reskeeting w/ALT text
January 25, 2025 at 1:10 PM
In the early 1980s, if a college or university even had a VLSI design course (very few did back then), it almost certainly used Mead and Conway as the text.
1/ Reminder: transphobes should stop using products containing VLSI semiconductor chips, especially ARM CPUs (ie smartphones, etc), to which crucial contributions were made by trans women, Lynn Conway & Sophie Wilson.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Co...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_...
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en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_...
Lynn Conway - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
January 7, 2025 at 2:39 AM
1/ Reminder: transphobes should stop using products containing VLSI semiconductor chips, especially ARM CPUs (ie smartphones, etc), to which crucial contributions were made by trans women, Lynn Conway & Sophie Wilson.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Co...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Co...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_...
Yes, and as a reminder, computers ~ VLSI semiconductors, o:
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1/ Reminder: transphobes should stop using products containing VLSI semiconductor chips, especially ARM CPUs (ie smartphones, etc), to which crucial contributions were made by trans women, Lynn Conway & Sophie Wilson.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Co...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Co...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_...
Lynn Conway - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
February 18, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Yes, and as a reminder, computers ~ VLSI semiconductors, o:
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Maybe I should do another ASIC/VLSI stream,
I really enjoyed the one I did with Lina where I taught her some basic VLSI stuff, could be fun to drag a poor unfortunate soul in for another /j :v
I really enjoyed the one I did with Lina where I taught her some basic VLSI stuff, could be fun to drag a poor unfortunate soul in for another /j :v
April 16, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Maybe I should do another ASIC/VLSI stream,
I really enjoyed the one I did with Lina where I taught her some basic VLSI stuff, could be fun to drag a poor unfortunate soul in for another /j :v
I really enjoyed the one I did with Lina where I taught her some basic VLSI stuff, could be fun to drag a poor unfortunate soul in for another /j :v
Finally a shareable playlist feature - nice one @bandcamp.com! Here is sampler playlist featuring all the amazing VLSI artists and some remixers for your lugholes 🖤
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VLSI Records by VLSI
bandcamp.com
May 23, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Finally a shareable playlist feature - nice one @bandcamp.com! Here is sampler playlist featuring all the amazing VLSI artists and some remixers for your lugholes 🖤
bandcamp.com/echaskech/pl...
bandcamp.com/echaskech/pl...
2/ I still have my copy of Lynn Conway’s & Carver Mead’s seminal book on VLSI chip design & I often talked to Sophie Wilson at Hot Chips conferences.
We named both Fellows of the Computer History Museum.
We named both Fellows of the Computer History Museum.
January 7, 2025 at 2:39 AM
2/ I still have my copy of Lynn Conway’s & Carver Mead’s seminal book on VLSI chip design & I often talked to Sophie Wilson at Hot Chips conferences.
We named both Fellows of the Computer History Museum.
We named both Fellows of the Computer History Museum.
*nods* Conway is partly responsible for the success of VLSI chip design automation so her influence extends, surprisingly, much farther (despite hundreds of billions of ARM cores shipped)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mead%E2...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mead%E2...
Mead–Conway VLSI chip design revolution - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
May 30, 2026 at 7:25 PM
*nods* Conway is partly responsible for the success of VLSI chip design automation so her influence extends, surprisingly, much farther (despite hundreds of billions of ARM cores shipped)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mead%E2...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mead%E2...
Following her transition, Conway adopted a new name and identity and restarted her career. She worked at Xerox PARC from 1973 to 1983, where she led the "LSI Systems" group. She initiated the Mead–Conway VLSI chip design revolution in very large-scale integrated (VLSI) microchip design
January 29, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Following her transition, Conway adopted a new name and identity and restarted her career. She worked at Xerox PARC from 1973 to 1983, where she led the "LSI Systems" group. She initiated the Mead–Conway VLSI chip design revolution in very large-scale integrated (VLSI) microchip design
VLSI is the #ASIC terminology of the week!
In the last month, VLSI has been the 34th most popular out of 42 terms.
In the last month, VLSI has been the 34th most popular out of 42 terms.
VLSI
VLSI is the ASIC terminology of the week!
www.zerotoasiccourse.com
March 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
VLSI is the #ASIC terminology of the week!
In the last month, VLSI has been the 34th most popular out of 42 terms.
In the last month, VLSI has been the 34th most popular out of 42 terms.
Lynn Conway, electricial engineer and computer scientist, co-architect of the VLSI design revolution, and transgender activist, was born #OTD in 1938.
She invented Dynamic Instruction Scheduling at IBM, but IBM fired her when they learned she was transitioning. 🧪 👩🔬
Photo: Lynn Conway
She invented Dynamic Instruction Scheduling at IBM, but IBM fired her when they learned she was transitioning. 🧪 👩🔬
Photo: Lynn Conway
January 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Lynn Conway, electricial engineer and computer scientist, co-architect of the VLSI design revolution, and transgender activist, was born #OTD in 1938.
She invented Dynamic Instruction Scheduling at IBM, but IBM fired her when they learned she was transitioning. 🧪 👩🔬
Photo: Lynn Conway
She invented Dynamic Instruction Scheduling at IBM, but IBM fired her when they learned she was transitioning. 🧪 👩🔬
Photo: Lynn Conway
#ReadAndPlay (404)
#MusicChallenge
Big Mistake (Roots Vocal Mix) - Alexander Hope
youtu.be/Gos4GM-VLSI?...
#MusicChallenge
Big Mistake (Roots Vocal Mix) - Alexander Hope
youtu.be/Gos4GM-VLSI?...
July 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
#ReadAndPlay (404)
#MusicChallenge
Big Mistake (Roots Vocal Mix) - Alexander Hope
youtu.be/Gos4GM-VLSI?...
#MusicChallenge
Big Mistake (Roots Vocal Mix) - Alexander Hope
youtu.be/Gos4GM-VLSI?...
We’re on Bluesky! 🎉
Welcome to JLPEA. We share paper highlights, SI calls, conference news on low‑power circuits, VLSI, embedded systems, hardware security and edge AI. Follow us for the latest low‑power electronics research.
#LowPowerElectronics #VLSI #HardwareSecurity #EdgeAI #CMOS #Memristors
Welcome to JLPEA. We share paper highlights, SI calls, conference news on low‑power circuits, VLSI, embedded systems, hardware security and edge AI. Follow us for the latest low‑power electronics research.
#LowPowerElectronics #VLSI #HardwareSecurity #EdgeAI #CMOS #Memristors
September 23, 2026 at 6:53 AM
We’re on Bluesky! 🎉
Welcome to JLPEA. We share paper highlights, SI calls, conference news on low‑power circuits, VLSI, embedded systems, hardware security and edge AI. Follow us for the latest low‑power electronics research.
#LowPowerElectronics #VLSI #HardwareSecurity #EdgeAI #CMOS #Memristors
Welcome to JLPEA. We share paper highlights, SI calls, conference news on low‑power circuits, VLSI, embedded systems, hardware security and edge AI. Follow us for the latest low‑power electronics research.
#LowPowerElectronics #VLSI #HardwareSecurity #EdgeAI #CMOS #Memristors
Lynn Conway (1938–2024) helped invent VLSI, the tech at the heart of this thing you’re typing at or talking to
February 17, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Lynn Conway (1938–2024) helped invent VLSI, the tech at the heart of this thing you’re typing at or talking to
Galgotias University welcomed a JETRO delegation for discussions on careers in Japan, workplace expectations, Japanese language and culture, and potential collaboration in semiconductors, VLSI, internships and industry-aligned training. #GalgotiasUniversity #JETRO #IndiaJapan
September 24, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Galgotias University welcomed a JETRO delegation for discussions on careers in Japan, workplace expectations, Japanese language and culture, and potential collaboration in semiconductors, VLSI, internships and industry-aligned training. #GalgotiasUniversity #JETRO #IndiaJapan
More than just smartphone chips, her contributions to VLSI technology gave birth to the microprocessor, allowing computers to fit on a desk rather than a whole room.
May 30, 2026 at 10:35 PM
More than just smartphone chips, her contributions to VLSI technology gave birth to the microprocessor, allowing computers to fit on a desk rather than a whole room.
Vintage computer engineering, signal processing, cryptography, algorithms, VLSI, and communications theory textbooks from the 1900s. Much the information is timeless, some is very obsolete.
May 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Vintage computer engineering, signal processing, cryptography, algorithms, VLSI, and communications theory textbooks from the 1900s. Much the information is timeless, some is very obsolete.
Lynn Conway, transitioning in 1968, Electrical Engineer, co-creator of VLSI design methodology (and I think out-of-order instruction execution at IBM pre-transition).
May 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Lynn Conway, transitioning in 1968, Electrical Engineer, co-creator of VLSI design methodology (and I think out-of-order instruction execution at IBM pre-transition).