CCD co-inventor George E. Smith dies at 95

by NaOHon 5/31/25, 7:56 PMwith 18 comments
by neonateon 6/1/25, 12:54 AM

https://archive.ph/U5yI7

by NaOHon 5/31/25, 7:56 PM

Williard Boyle was the other co-inventor. His passing in 2011 was linked here but did not elicit any discussion.

Nobel Prize winner Willard Boyle, inventor of CCD, dies. - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2566440 - May 2011

by Findecanoron 6/1/25, 7:22 AM

I had attended his 1999 Nobel Prize Lecture on the invention of the CCD. The video is available.

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2009/smith/lecture...

by neonateon 6/1/25, 12:55 AM

He was 79 when the photo in the article was taken? That's incredible.

by dangon 6/1/25, 12:54 AM

Url changed from https://www.universitycube.net/news/ccd-co-inventor-george-e..., which points to this.