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Charles Patrick "Chuck" Thacker (February 26, 1943 – June 12, 2017) was an American pioneer computer designer. He designed the Xerox Alto , which is the first computer that used a mouse -driven graphical user interface (GUI).
Jun 8, 2024 · Charles P. Thacker was an American winner of the 2009 A.M. Turing Award, the highest honour in computer science, for his “pioneering design and realization of the first modern personal computer.” Thacker received a bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1967.
Charles Patrick “Chuck” Thacker (February 26, 1943 – June 12, 2017) was a pioneering architect, inventor, designer, and builder of many of today’s key personal computing and network technologies.
Chuck Thacker has worked in industrial research labs for over forty years developing innovative computer systems, networks, and computing hardware. Although primarily a hardware architect, he has also written software for computer-aided design and user interfaces.
Jun 14, 2017 · Charles P. Thacker, an electrical engineer who played an early, central role in some of the most important ideas in personal computing and computer networking, died on Monday at his home in Palo...
Jun 13, 2017 · Charles P. Thacker, who helped pioneer many aspects of the personal computer, and who was awarded the ACM A.M. Turing Award for 2009, died June 12 at the age of 74.
Charles P. Thacker. Thacker worked in the 1970s and 1980s at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), where he served as project leader of the Xerox Alto personal computer system, was co-inventor of the Ethernet LAN, and contributed to many other projects, including the first laser printer.
