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Jul 12, 2012 · Andy Bechtolsheim talks about innovation and Stanford's role in his life. The SUN workstation was no PC or Mac, however. It was a true 32-bit machine. “It was a gigantic leap in cost and performance,” said Bechtolsheim.
Andreas “Andy” Bechtolsheim built the path-breaking SUN workstation while working as a doctoral student at Stanford in computer science and electrical engineering. He later became co-founder and chief system architect at Sun Microsystems.
Jul 12, 2012 · As a graduate student at Stanford, Bechtolsheim invented the workstation, an affordable, high-end computer. He later co-founded Sun Microsystems.
Feb 26, 2007 · Sun Microsystems is still around. But what about the four men who gave it life? InfoWorld went on the hunt for Sun's founding fathers: Andy Bechtolsheim, Vinod Khosla, Bill Joy, and Scott McNealy.
At Stanford, Bechtolsheim designed a powerful computer (called a workstation) with built-in networking called the SUN workstation, a name derived from the initials for the Stanford University Network. It was inspired by the Xerox Alto computer developed at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center.
Jul 1, 2013 · It started with a prototype 32-bit “workstation” (as opposed to personal computer) built by Ph.D. student Andy Bechtolsheim, who originally wanted to create a personal computer that would meet the needs of faculty and students on the Stanford campus. Bechtolsheim based his computer on the UNIX operating system and envisioned them linked by ...
May 28, 2014 · — As a Stanford University graduate student in 1978, Andy Bechtolsheim took full advantage of a consulting appointment at Xerox’s fabled Palo Alto Research Center. He was able to experience the...
