Lynn Conway, a pioneering computer scientist and transgender activist, passed away at the age of 86. Conway revolutionized microchip design, inspiring generations of chip designers. She faced discrimination but continued to advocate for transgender rights.
Lynn Conway, a pioneering computer scientist who was fired by IBM in the 1960s after telling managers that she was transgender and who later fought for transgender rights, died on June 9. She was 86. https://t.co/svkGCj4IH0
Lynn Conway, Microchip Pioneer Who Overcame Transgender Discrimination, Dies At 86 https://t.co/WMWth1MIhc
#PrincetonU remembers Lynn Conway H23, a computer scientist and innovator of microelectronics chip design as well as a vocal advocate for transgender rights and an inspiration to LGBTQIA+ scientists worldwide. https://t.co/0beEu25UkW https://t.co/ufIUegDVuQ
Lynn Conway, microchip pioneer and trans rights advocate, dies at 86 https://t.co/OwhshqwcWl
#MustRead: Prof Lynn Conway, a pioneering scientist in computer chip design and transgender activist, has died aged 86. https://t.co/BQ0p3uIrrG
Prof Lynn Conway, a pioneering scientist in computer chip design and transgender activist, has died aged 86. https://t.co/BQ0p3uIrrG
Today’s digital devices, eg iPhones, were partly made possible by a #trans woman who co-developed a design to integrate billions of components into one microchip. In 1968, when Conway was transitioning, IBM fired her. IBM apologised in 2022. RIP Dr Conway https://t.co/nr7rGOAnhx
Microchip pioneer and transgender activist Lynn Conway dies https://t.co/BQ0p3uIrrG
‘The bravest person I ever knew’: Trans computing pioneer Lynn Conway dies at 86 https://t.co/2EQku72TCX https://t.co/sCm4VRLJfQ
We are saddened by the loss of Lynn Conway, renowned computing innovator and trans rights activist. A trailblazer in enabling VLSI, her contributions revolutionized microchip design and live on in the technology we use in our daily lives. https://t.co/710o4UMcBH
Lynn Conway, who blazed a path both for chip-design innovation and transgender professionals, died last weekend at age 86. https://t.co/KyRa0UQIPY
At a time when nobody thought to create semiconductors in such a manner, @lynnconway did. And then she literally wrote the book that would inspire generations of chip designers. At a time when few people transitioned, Lynn Conway did so, even though it she lost both family…
IBM and Xerox PARC engineer Lynn Conway, who helped shape the way chips are designed and undertook a gender transition in 1968, died last weekend at age 86 (@inafried / Axios) https://t.co/0aq6uH8VJy 📫 Subscribe: https://t.co/OyWeKSRpIM https://t.co/qXsLCeuWGU