Background
McCalla, William James was born on November 28, 1943 in Orange, California, United States. Son of James A. and Ida F. (Thorman) McCalla.
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(Fundamentals of Computer-aided Circuit Simulation * * ) Author: William J. McCalla Mar-1988
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Fundamentals of Computer-Aided Circuit Simulation (The Kluwer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science)
(From little more than a circuit-theoretical concept in 19...)
From little more than a circuit-theoretical concept in 1965, computer-aided circuit simulation developed into an essential and routinely used design tool in less than ten years. In 1965 it was costly and time consuming to analyze circuits consisting of a half-dozen transistors. By 1975 circuits composed of hundreds of transistors were analyzed routinely. Today, simulation capabilities easily extend to thousands of transistors. Circuit designers use simulation as routinely as they used to use a slide rule and almost as easily as they now use hand-held calculators. However, just as with the slide rule or hand-held calculator, some designers are found to use circuit simulation more effectively than others. They ask better questions, do fewer analyses, and get better answers. In general, they are more effective in using circuit simulation as a design tool. Why? Certainly, design experience, skill, intuition, and even luck contribute to a designer's effectiveness. At the same time those who design and develop circuit simulation programs would like to believe that their programs are so easy and straightforward to use, so well debugged and so efficient that even their own grandmother could design effectively using their program.
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Fundamentals of Computer-Aided Circuit Simulation (The Kluwer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science) 1988 edition by McCalla, William J. (1987) Hardcover
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William James McCalla
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Education
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1967; Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1968; PhDEE, University of California, Berkeley, 1972.
Career
Member technical staff, Bell laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey, 1972-1973;
R & D section manager, Signetics Corporation, Sunnyvale, California, 1973-1976;
R & D project manager design aids, Hewlett-Packard, Palo Alto and Cupertino, California, 1976-1980;
R & D section manager, Hewlett-Packard Design Technology Center, Santa Clara, California, 1980-1988;
group business analyst, Hewlett-Packard Circuit Technology Group, Santa Clara, California, 1989-1992;
program manager, Hewlett-Packard Product Generation Processes, Palo Alto, California, since 1990. Consultant Stanford University, Hewlett-Packard, 1976. Acting assistant professor University of California, Berkeley, 1976, 77.
Lecturer Stanford University, 1977.
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Fundamentals of Computer-Aided Circuit Simulation (The Kluwer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science)
(From little more than a circuit-theoretical concept in 19...)
- (Fundamentals of Computer-aided Circuit Simulation * * ) Author: William J. McCalla Mar-1988
- Fundamentals of Computer-Aided Circuit Simulation (The Kluwer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science) 1988 edition by McCalla, William J. (1987) Hardcover
- Fundamentals of Computer-Aided Circuit Simulation (The Kluwer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science) by William J. McCalla (1987-11-30)
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Fundamentals of Computer-Aided Circuit Simulation (The Kluwer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science)
Membership
Coach, referee American Youth Soccer Organisation, Los Altos, 1984-1991. Cubmaster Boy Scouts American, Los Altos, 1986-1987, 89-91. Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (secretary CANOE committee 1981-1982, chairman 1983-1984, co-founder International Conference on Computer-aided Design, technical chairman 1983, chairman 1984).
Member Circus and Systems Society of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (member adcom. 1984-1986), Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi.
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Married Judith Lynn Crater, July 19, 1970. Children: Matthew, Justin.
