PATERNITY SUIT.(Bill Holt)(People)(Technology Information)(Obituary)

From: Electronic Business | Date: January 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

Dean Takahashi is a technology reporter based in San Jose.

RAY HOLT WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE COMPUTER CHIPS HE DESIGNED FOR THE U S Navy's F-14A "Tomcat" fighter jet three decades ago The top-secret project was the one chance he got to work with his younger brother Bill.

The young college graduates worked day and night on an engineering team from June 1968 to June 1970, creating the jet's main flight computer A few months after the work was finished, Bill Holt collapsed Within 10 weeks, he died from a brain tumor at the age of 24 "I've always been glad I had the chance to ...

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