James D. Meindl, master of integrated circuits, dies at 87

Meindl was a visionary engineer who saw the potential of integrated circuits and was an early proponent of an interdisciplinary approach to engineering research [read more by Andrew Myers]

In 1984, electrical engineering professors James D. Meindl (right) and John Hennessy (center) brainstorm with research engineer John Shott about the MIPS project, which simplified computers with RISC architecture. (Image credit: Chuck Painter / Stanford News Service)