Bill's Lasting Legacy

Throughout his life, Bill Regitz was the inventor of various advancements in the field of computer science, these included:

• Decode Circuit for F-30 Circuit (January 1970)

• Tri-Level Voltage Circuit for F-30 Circuit (January 1970)

• Mass Memory Read Synchronizer (September 1969)

• Three Transistor MOS Random Access Memory Cell (February 1969)

• Peak Detector (April 1969)

Not only did Bill have a list of impressive inventions, but he also had several patents. These included…

Bell Labs – Four memory technology patents issued/applications; 12 overall patents issued/applications
Honeywell – Five memory technology patents issued/ applications.
Intel – Four memory technology patents issued/applications.

Over the years Regitz received many awards and honors throughout the years.

During his time at Honeywell, he won both the H.W. Sweatt Award and the 1102 DRAM Paper award at the ISSCC (International Solid State Circuits Conference)
While at Intel he co-authored an ISSCC article in 2016 and an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) 2017.

Regitz was also the Santa Clara Site Instructor of the Year. He also served as in Intel instructor for twenty-five years and sole more than one million units in less than thirty months during his tenure at the company.

Not only that but Bill received many MSO Shutdown awards while there.

“Computers continue to improve the lives of the people they surround, and it is only possible because of the brave pioneers in computing like Bill Jordan, Robert Noyce, and Bill Regitz.” – Daniel