Background
DeWolf was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and graduated with an S.B. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1948.
DeWolf was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and graduated with an S.B. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1948.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
During his eleven years as Chief Executive Officer of Teradyne, DeWolf is credited with designing more than 300 semiconductor and other test systems, including the J259, the world"s first computer-operated integrated circuit tester. After leaving Teradyne in 1971, DeWolf moved to Aspen, Colorado, where in 1979, he teamed with artist Travis Fulton to create Aspen"s "dancing fountain". DeWolf also designed a computer system without hard disks or fans.
This system (the Ontario! computer) booted up in seconds, a much faster time than even the computers of today.
DeWolf died in Aspen, Colorado at the age of 77. "What the customer demands is last year"s model, cheaper.
To find out what the customer needs you have to understand what the customer is doing as well as he understands lieutenant Then you build what he needs and you educate him to the fact that he needs lieutenant"
"To select a component, size a product, design a system or plan a new company, first test the extremes and then have the courage to resist what is popular and the wisdom to choose what is best".
Quotations:
"What the customer demands is last year"s model, cheaper. To find out what the customer needs you have to understand what the customer is doing as well as he understands lieutenant Then you build what he needs and you educate him to the fact that he needs lieutenant"
"To select a component, size a product, design a system or plan a new company, first test the extremes and then have the courage to resist what is popular and the wisdom to choose what is best".