– Donald O. Pederson develops the Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis (SPICE) 1972.
Tcl programming language – developed by John Ousterhout in 1988.
Three-dimensional Transistor – Chenming Hu won the 2014 National Medal of Technology for developing the "first 3-dimensional transistors, which radically advanced semiconductor technology."
Vi text editor – Bill Joy created the first Vi editor in 1976.
Wetsuit – Hugh Bradner invents first wetsuit 1952.
=== Companies and entrepreneurship ===
Activision Blizzard, 1979 (as Activision), co-founder Alan Miller (BS) and Larry Kaplan (BA)
AIG, 1919, founder Cornelius Vander Starr (attended)
Apple, 1976, co-founder Steve Wozniak (BS)
Berkeley Systems, 1987, co-founder Joan Blades (BA)
Bolt, Beranek and Newman, 1948, co-founder Richard Bolt (BA, MA, PhD)
Chernin Entertainment, 2009, founder Peter Chernin (BA)
Chez Panisse, 1971, founder Alice Waters (BA)
Coursera, 2012, co-founder Andrew Ng (PhD)
Databricks, 2013, founders Ali Ghodsi (PhD), Matei Zaharia …
