Mountain View in Santa Clara County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

The Floating Gate EEPROM

IEEE Milestone in Electrical Engineering and Computing

Floating Gate EEPROM Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Craig Baker, September 23, 2021

1. Floating Gate EEPROM Marker

Inscription. From 1976-1978, at Hughes Microelectronics in Newport Beach, California, the practicality, reliability, manufacturability and endurance of the Floating Gate EEPROM — an electrically erasable device using a thin gate oxide and Fowler-Nordheim tunneling for writing and erasing — was proven. As a significant foundation of data storage in flash memory, this fostered new classes of portable computing and communication devices which allow ubiquitous personal access to data.

Erected 2012 by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Science & Medicine. In addition, it is included in the IEEE Milestones in Electrical Engineering and Computing series list.

Location. 37° 24.888′ N, 122° 4.657′ W. Marker is in Mountain View, California, in Santa Clara County. Marker can be reached from Shoreline Boulevard just north of U.S. 101, on the right when traveling north. Located at the Computer History Museum. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1401 N Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View CA 94043, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 9 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Computer History Museum (here, next to this marker); Shakey: The World's First Mobile Intelligent Robot

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(here, next to this marker); Birthplace of Silicon Valley (here, next to this marker); Moore’s Law (here, next to this marker); SPICE (here, next to this marker); DIALOG Online Search System (here, next to this marker); Online Systems and Personal Computing (here, next to this marker); First RISC Microprocessor (here, next to this marker); SPARC RISC Architecture (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mountain View.

Photographed By Craig Baker, September 23, 2021

2. Floating Gate EEPROM Marker

Ten IEEE markers at this location.

Computer History Museum image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Craig Baker, September 20, 2021

3. Computer History Museum

Credits. This page was last revised on November 10, 2021. It was originally submitted on September 27, 2021, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. This page has been viewed 106 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 27, 2021, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California.