Interview with Paul Newhagen, 2019 November 18
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Paul Newhagen, co-founder and the former CFO for the company Altera, discusses his financial and administrative roles working in Silicon Valley. 00:01:17 Newhagen discusses his early childhood, work experience and education. 00:12:00 Discusses interviewing for jobs after graduating from college, and getting hired at Fairchild. 00:18:18 Discusses his experience starting at Fairchild in production control in MOS (metal-oxide semiconductor), subsequent promotions, and plans to start his own business. 00:26:02 Discusses going to work at Raychem, interviewing at other companies in the industry, and going back to work at Fairchild in Worldwide Marketing. 00:33:26 Discusses finishing an MBA in night school at Santa Clara University, jumping around positions at Fairchild, and how the company being acquired by Schlumberger. 00:39:55 Discusses resigning from Fairchild, starting Source III with Bob Hartmann, and writing a book about gate arrays. 00:53:30 Newhagen discusses the process of forming and naming the corporation. 01:00:30 Discusses getting funding, and the process of building the company. 01:19:26 Discusses going public, the Stock Market Crash of 1987, and being CFO on the board. 01:35:36 Discusses the financial profit of the company, the rise of Programmable Logic, and their competiton with Xilinx. 01:37:23 Discusses the Cypress deal and its effects on Altera’s business. 01:41:52 Newhagen discusses being on the board but taking time off, the several lawsuits against Altera, and him coming back on as a consultant to help them. 01:48:02 Discusses his process of retiring from Altera, staying on the board, and meeting his wife working at the company. 01:53:07 Discusses life after retirement, his philanthropy, travelling, hiking, and making wine. 02:03:10 Discusses how Intel acquired Altera, and looking back on the span of his career as technology has changed. Interviewed by David Laws, November 18, 2019, in Los Altos Hills, California.
Description
| Type of resource | moving image |
|---|---|
| Extent | 1 video file |
| Place | Los Altos Hills (Calif.) |
| Date created | November 18, 2019 |
| Language | English |
| Digital origin | reformatted digital |
| Sound content | Sound |
| Color content | Color |
Creators/Contributors
| Interviewee | Newhagen, Paul |
|---|
Subjects
| Subject | Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation |
|---|---|
| Subject | Raychem |
| Subject | Signetics |
| Subject | Altera |
| Subject | Semiconductors |
| Subject | Metal Oxide Semiconductors |
| Subject | Gate Array Circuits |
| Subject | Stock Market Crash, 1987 |
| Subject | Administration |
| Genre | Filmed interviews |
Bibliographic information
| Note | Reformatted by Stanford University Libraries in 2019. |
|---|---|
| Source ID | m0741_newhagen_2019-11-18 |
| Accession number | MSS 2019-526 |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/bt289vn6500 |
| Location | M0741 |
| Repository | Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives |
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Collection
Silicon Genesis : oral history interviews of Silicon Valley scientists, 1995-2024
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