MMI Alumni - Monolithic Memories, Sunnyvale, CA

Silicon Valley Nostalgia

MMI - Monolithic Memories, Inc.
1165 E. Arques Ave.,
Sunnyvale, CA 94086 (then)

A Call For Papers! - Nov. 17, 2008
Charlie Thompson just reminded me of certain "Product Posters", which were published in small numbers by MMI. These posters presented our products in an exceptionally attractive manner. If you were there, you know what I mean. These posters would not be approved today, due to "political correctness". IF YOU HAVE ACCESS to any of these posters, and would like them to be displayed here, please contact me. Perhaps you could photograph them, scan the photos, and email them to me. I am certain that there are quite a few folks who would enjoy seeing them again. I will give you full credit (or none whatsoever), depending upon your wishes.
Thank you for considering the submission of your "historical research papers".
(High resolution preferred - I will make them as large as the pixels allow.)

Fond memories of Monolithic Memories, Inc.

A Brief Tribute and Salute to
the Early Employees of MMI
The First 10 years - 1969-1979

Reconstructed Company Early Employee List
Updated on 12-11-04
Created on 11-13-04
(Note: Today, THE DAY I first made this page, I found that I am too late.
This concept site has already been done by Dan Kinsella.
I didn't know about the site - here it is -
The Original
MMI Alumni - Monolithic Memories Former Employees Website

Apparently, there is STILL nothing new under the sun.
So, I guess I will differentiate this page into an
ELITIST, OLDEST MMI EMPLOYEE site - ha, ha, hah.
Why? I wasn't there in the 1980's. And time constraints.
Only Zeev gets in. And John. And HT!
And just a few others.
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.

Many of us early MMI employees have some of our fondest career memories,
of our years at MMI during the 1970's.
I thought that I would provide a contact point for reminiscing.
(Most of the folks I knew were in Design and Test Engineering.)

1969 - 1979 Monolithic Memories Employee List Early MMI Alumni
First Name	Last Name	Area	From	To	Reg. class- mates .com ?	Note	Last Known Company
Andew	Chan	Engineer	.	.	.	1	.
Annie	Gomez	.	.	.	.	2	.
Art	Whipple	.	.	.	.	3	Quicklogic VP
Balu	Sastry	.	.	.	.	.	.
Barbara	Teehan	Drafting	.	.	.	4	.
Becky	Homan	Tech	.	.	.	5	.
Becky	Noble	.	.	.	.	6	.
Bev	McGowan	.	.	.	.	7	1978
Bill	Black	Marketing	.	.	.	8	.
Bill	Moss	Eng. Manager	.	.	.	9	Badge #3 - C-Cube - Retired
Bill	Wall	Finance	.	.	.	10	.
Bob	Bortfeld		.	.	.	.	.
Bob	Burkhardt		.	.	.	.	.
Bob	Cassidy		.	.	.	.	1978
Bob	Coker		1973	.	.	.	1978
Bob	Likens		.	.	.	15	.
Bob	Rasmussen	Fab	.	.	.	.	1978
Bob	Zari		.	.	.	.	.
Brad	Henderson	Tech	.	.	.	.	Fujitsu Oregon
Candy	Lawson		1972	1986	.	.	.
Carmen	Burgess		1973	.	.	20	1978
Carol	Goff		.	.	.	.	1978
Cheri	Vierra	Tech	.	.	.	.	.
Cheryl	Garcia		.	.	.	.	1978
Cheryl	Kutcher		.	.	.	.	1978
Charlie	Thompson	Engineer	1979	?	.	-	CDT Systems
Chuck	Hastings		.	.	.	25	.
Chuck	Schmitz		1969	1976	.	.	Badge #7
Clair	Hardesty	Tech	.	.	.	.	TI
Cliff	Vaughan	Marketing	.	.	.	.	OKI Manager
Cyrus	Tsui	Engineer	.	.	.	.	Lattice CEO
Dan	Medler	Engineer	.	.	.	30	.
Dave	Vogensen		.	.	.	.	1978
Dave	Wyland		.	.	.	.	IDT
Debbie	Bastion		.	.	.	.	1978
Debbie	Jones		.	.	.	.	1978
Dianna	Coburn	Drafting	.	.	.	35	.
Diane	Scrempos		1973	.	.	.	1978
Ed	Vetter	Tech	.	.	.	.	from National
Edwin	Lugo	Marketing	.	.	.	.	Sun
Fereshta		Tech	.	.	.	.	Bill Moss Tech
Gail	Chabraya	Engineer	1974	1986	Yes	40	.
George	Hunter		.	.	.	.	ST Micro
George	Kern		.	.	.	.	.
Gern	Blanston	Engineer	1976	1980	.	.	ROM Group Gern Blanston
Ginny	DeMars	HR	.	.	.	.	KLA VP HR Tokyo Electron
Gordon	Petersen		.	.	.	45	.
Greg	Feigian	Tech	.	.	.	.	Intel Oregon
Greg	Rice		.	.	.	.	1978
Hermalinda	Hinojos	Tech	.	.	.	.	.
HT	Chua	Fellow	.	.	.	.	QuickLogic VP
Idris	Kothari	.	.	.	.	.	Idris Kothari
Irwin	Federman	CEO	1978	1987	.	50	Financial Guru Irwin Federman
Jack	Abbott		1978	.	.	.	Retired
Jackie	Thomas		.	.	.	.	1978
Jacob	Dayan		.	.	.	.	.
Jaime	Martin	Engineer	.	.	.	.	To Interdesign - National
Jan	Whalen		.	.	.	55	.
Jeff	Dwork	Test Engineer	.	.	.	.	.
Jerry	Grey	Eng. Manager	.	.	.	.	from National
Jim	Fahey		.	.	.	.	Passed away 8-03-04
Jim	Holman	Mark/ Pack	.	.	.	.	Passed away 12-23-03
Jim	Wurm	Engineer	.	.	.	60	was Xylinx COO
John	Birkner	Fellow	.	.	.	.	QuickLogic VP
Judy	Caldwell		.	.	.	.	1978

First Name	Last Name	Area	From	To	Reg. class- mates .com ?	Note	Last Known Company

Karen	Everett		.	.	.	63	1978
Karen	Hopkins		.	.	.	.	MCA VP
Karen	Ramey	Drafting	.	.	.	65	.
Karen	Stagg		1973	1986	.	.	.
Karen	Villa	Drafting	.	.	.	.	.
Kathy	Barnette		.	.	.	.	.
Kathy	Brauner	Software	1974	1990	Yes	.	.
Larry	Houska		.	.	.	70	.
Les	Gardinier	Tech	.	.	.	.	from National - To Interdesign
Marcelle	Loveday	Tech	.	.	.	.	AMD
Marion	Gentry		.	.	.	.	1978
Mary	Canante		.	.	.	.	1978
Michelle	Maguire		.	.	.	75	1978
Mike	Allen	Engineer	.	.	.	.	AMD - crawdad man Many thanks Mike for all the good times.
Mike	Callahan		.	.	.	.	.
Mike	Rynne		.	.	.	.	.
Muni	Aggarwal		.	.	.	.	.
Murdo	MacGregor		.	.	.	80	Deceased
Narine	Woods		.	.	.	.	1978
Nick	Spork		.	.	.	.	1978
Pat	Brown		.	.	.	.	1978
Paul	Franklin	Marketing Mgr.	.	.	.	.	.
Phil	Watt		.	.	.	85	1978
Randy	Calhoun	Drafting	.	.	.	.	1978- No job too small!
Ray	Gouldsberry		.	.	.	.	.
Ressie	Boone	Finance	1977	.	.	.	.
Rich	Bangle			.	.	.	1978
Robert	Bosnyak	Engineer	.	.	.	90	Sun
Ron	Lawson		1972	1986	.	.	.
Ronit	Waser	Accounting	1975	1982	.	.	.
Rudy	Balanon		.	.	.	.	1978
Saeed	Kazmi	Marketing	.	.	.	.	Saeed Kazmi
Sandi	Fuson-Jones	Manufact.	1976	1979	Yes	95	.
Sandi	Whipple	Finance	.	.	.	.	.
Shirla	McDonald		.	.	.	.	1978
Shlomo	Waser	Marketing	.	.	.	.	.
Sing	Wong		.	.	.	.	1978 - from National
Steve	Honerlah		.	.	.	100	.
Susan	Bortfeld		.	.	.	.	.
Svi	Golod	Engineer	.	.	.	.	.
Todd	Goldsmith	Engineer	1976	1980	Yes	.	To Interdesign - to Norcomp
Tom	Branch		.	.	.	.	.
Tom	Donovan		.	.	.	105	Passed away 4-15-04
Tom	Likens		.	.	.	.	.
Tom	Tierney	Engineer	.	.	.	.	Western Digital
Tom	Waite	Engineer	.	.	.	.	.
Trish	Honerlah		.	.	.	.	.
Ury	Priel	Eng. Manager	.	.	.	110	from National - to land baron
Vaughn	Aubuchon	Tech	1975	1979	Yes	.	from National - to Fairchild
Vince	Coli	Test Eng.	.	.	.	.	.
Virginia	Martinez		.	.	.	.	1978
Zelimir	Diel	Engineer	.	.	.	.	Business Solutions
Ze'ev	Drori	President	1969	.	.	115	Badge #1 - Clifford Electronics Tesla Motors
Click on any Underlined name to send an email to that person. Registered at Classmates.com refers to the "Work Section" of the Classmates web site. top of page

MMI Alumni Reunions
George Hunter was the unofficial organizer of MMI reunions for years.
Dan Kinsella now seems to be the unofficial manager of MMI reunions.
A reunion was proposed for September 2004,
at the Kingshead Pub in Campbell, but ....???

Sept. 24, 2003 MMI Reunion Pictures - Kingshead Pub (Campbell)

Feb. 7, 1998 MMI Reunion Pictures - Bold Knight (Sunnyvale)

Apparently, Tom Tierney III hosts an annual St. Patrick's Day shindig,
which, in actuality, is also an MMI alumni reunion, as well.
Tom's Saint Paddy's Day Bash - March 17, 2005
Are you ex-MMI? Call Tom for details
Don't be a party pooper.
He's got the action.
Show up.

For all MMI employees between 1969 and 1987.

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Reminiscing - MMI Trivia Questions

WATERING HOLE Trivia
The Rusty Scupper in Sunnyvale, CA
was always our group's (bad boy's) Friday night watering hole.
Friday night special enhancement of beautiful women appreciation -
the ladies liked to strut, and we liked to observe.
Names will not be named, buy hey, if you were there, then ...

And Sunken Gardens
Paul Franklin's favorite

And St. John's Bar and Grill for the more traditional (B. Moss and assoc.)
I have had SCORES of bosses over the years, but only four excellent ones -
Bill Moss was the best.
Ben Wood (Signetics), Phil Holland (National) and Charlie Allen (Interdesign) were the other three.
All the rest can go and suck a pickle.
One can only excel when one is allowed to.

And what the hey was the name of that Roadhouse on Lawrence Station Road at Kifer?
(Lawrence Expressway now)
Some kind of Greek or Italian motif, or what not.
The "Pay and Pee"? Nah.
BIG National Semi watering hole.
The memories fade - I guess I had too many drinks in there,
esp. when I was at National Semi from 1971 to 1975.
Big on check cashing. GOT IT!
Marchetti's

And what was the name of the bar next to Signetics,
that is now the notorious "Kit-Kat Club"?
Was it the "Dirty Mug Beer Bar"?
Can't remember that either.
This very second, I am drinking beer from a mug I borrowed from there in 1970.
It's cleaner now. Very sturdy.
Thirty-four years. I wonder if they want it back?
Trade for a lap dance? Naa. Not my thing.

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EMPLOYEE NAME Trivia
Anybody know who the first 10 badge-holders were?
Who was Badge #2?
I know #1, #3, and #7 (above) - who are the rest of the top 10?

What was the daytime guard's name at the side entrance of Bldg.1?
Ferd? Blern? Damn. Can't remember. Milt? Was it Milt?
He used to do all the Building 1 paging . . .
"George Kerrrn ...teeu-teeu-teeu ... George Kerrrn ... teeu-teeu-teeu please."
Thanks, Todd.
He MUST be included here. We engineering folks greeted him every day, and he us.

What was the name of the non-existant person who was regularly paged by the engineering department?
Better yet, who did the paging? And WHY???
Few people know this. Hint: He is on the list above.

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RELATED Trivia
Remember Don Hoefler, and his Semiconductor Industry company rag,
Microelectronics News?
All the latest management level gossip - he named names - so much fun.
"So-and-so at Intel is a son-of-a-b**ch", he used to say!
Disgruntled employees used to send him "the goods".
He had proof. Died early from heart disease in 1986.
Remember Jim Riley, President of Signetics?
Died too young from heart disease.

Remember?
Sonic Blueprint on Kifer Rd.
Halted's (Sunnyvale) - Haltek (Sunnyvale)
The Corn Palace
Ingrid's Sandwiches on El Camino
That competitor down the street called AMD

Sources of Info
We came from National (me too) - we came from Signetics (me too, before National) -
we came from Fairchild (me, later, mistake).
I started this list off the top of my head, and then stole the rest from Dan's excellent site.

Do you have information to add?
How about a 1976 MMI Internal company phone book? That would be good.
Or 1974. Or 1975. Or 1977. Or 1978.
If you can produce it, I'll post each page as a JPEG!
Character scan would be even better - don't know if everyone would like to be Google-able.

Many thanks to everyone in advance for any info provided.
Would you like me to add your "clickable email address" to your name ?
Send me a quick email, and it's done!
(Yeah, I don't want to either - the damned spam - check out my coded address below.)

August 1978 Monolog - Page 1
August 1978 Monolog - Page 2
August 1978 Monolog - Page 3
August 1978 Monolog - Page 4
August 1978 Monolog - Page 5
August 1978 Monolog - Page 6

Harvey Kroll, new IR Manager, Ginny's boss
Credit Union, Tanacity Devils
July picnic photos from Frontier Village, San Jose
July picnic photos from Frontier Village, San Jose
Test Engineering Superstars
New Employees List

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About Me
Nigritude Ultramarine seo

Me . . . Then

Me at National Semi in 1975
I still have my red 1964 Triumph Spitfire 4.
Some people just can't let go of the past.
So they make web pages like this.

All-jumps IC Tester

The Hollywood All-Jumps AC Tester
Universal IC Switching-Speed Tester

I designed and built 4 of these testers at MMI in 1976-1977.
It measured ROM/PROM Address Access delay time, from every address, to every other address.
It measured ROM/PROM Chip Enable/ Disable time, to and from every address.
It measured Clock-to-Output delay for any clocked IC part.
It performed 16 million tests in 26 seconds, limited only by the switching speed of the DUT.
The key component was a TI Precision One-shot, along with symmetrical latches.
I haven't had as much technical fun since.
Looks like I peaked 28 years ago. Oh, well.
$16,000 per annum seemed pretty good at the time.

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MMI Company Names
Mayer Motorsports Incorporated
Mississippi Music Incorporated
Molson Medical Infomatics
Monolithic Memories Incorporated
(2001 could have been our ultimate year - MMI - in terms of Roman numerals)
Montana Milling Incorporated
Montgomery Marketing Incorporated
MMI ??? (Astronomy)
MMI ??? (Taiwan Magnesium Machining or ???)

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MMI Institute Names
Marine Mechanics Institute
Marion Military Institute
Michigan Molecular Institute
Military Ministries International
Millersburg Military Institute
Minnesota Management Institute
Molesworth Montana Institute
Money Management Institute
Motorcycle Mechanics Institute
Munroe-Meyer Institute
Music Missions International

Other MMI Three-Letter -Acronyms (TLAs)
Maine-Made Incentive
Man Machine Interface
Maximum Medical Improvement
Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Montana Mine Index
Multifamily Market Index
Multi Media Interface

I hope you had a nice visit.
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This Early MMI Employees alumni webpage was last updated on 2008-11-17.