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PEOPLE

Memories of James D. Meindl
A Tribute

J

James D. Meindl, our treasured friend,
colleague, and mentor, passed away
peacefully on 7 June 2020 at his home
in Greensboro, Georgia, after a long
illness. He was 87 years old. Meindl
was a pioneer and a giant in the world
of semiconductors, a gentleman, and
a leader of the highest magnitude
who has made a remarkable impact
and left an unforgettable legacy for
generations to come.
The authors of this article are several of Prof. Meindl's many students,
colleagues, friends, and family members. They are sharing their personal
experiences with Jim and the impact
he made on so many of us.
I worked and interacted directly
with Jim Meindl for more than four
decades-initially at Stanford University, as his Ph.D. student, and
then as his colleague and associate
director of the Stanford Electronics Labs. Later, when I was CEO of
Zoran Corporation, the company
I cofounded out of Stanford, Jim
served on our board of directors
for 26 years.
As many other contributors here
share, I learned so much from Jim
as a research advisor, colleague,
mentor, and person. He instilled in
me the concept and value of " learn
and teach " from every interaction
with others and the idea that innovations can be triggered and proactively occur with the right focus and
urgency: Meindl's " Go invent " principle. I have used this principle sucDigital Object Identifier 10.1109/MSSC.2020.3036257
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James D. Meindl (1933-2020).

cessfully throughout my academic,
research, and business careers.
Another concept we learned
from Jim was the powerful value of
integrating disciplines at all levels
and areas-from basic research to
applications as well as from device
physics and fabrication to complete
system design, integration, and use.
One example occurred in the 1970s:
a new and revolutionary ultrasound
2D medical imaging system and a
noninvasive quantitative blood flow
measurement solution that several
groups in the IC Lab and across the
Electrical Engineering Department at

Prof. Meindl and his wife, Freddie, with several of his former Ph.D. students, attending the
ceremony during which Meindl received the 2006 IEEE Medal of Honor. (From left) Bottom
row: Sharbel Noujaim, James Meindl, Freddie Meindl, Nicky Lu, and Jim Plummer; middle row: John Shott, Steve Combs, Fred Shapiro, and Levy Gerzberg; top row: Ernie Wood
and Rafael Reif. (Photo courtesy of Levy Gerzberg; used with permission.)

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