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Abbey Silverstone is an entrepreneur whose career path has led from the earliest main-frame computers such as the IBM 650 and technology such as ferrite core memories through the exciting days of Xerox’s famed Palo Alto Research Center where the PC, GUI, laser printer, ethernet and optical scanner were invented.

From 1973 to 1980, Mr. Silverstone was an important part of the management team responsible for the design and production of the first personal computer called the Alto. The first laser printer called the Dover (one page-per-second) was designed and built in 1974 at PARC by the same team. The first color laser printer was designed and built in 1976 during a 75 day effort by the team that was co-managed by Mr. Silverstone.In 1979 Mr. Silverstone did the packaging design for the Xerox Star workstation. This was the most advanced compact workstation available at that time.

In 1982 Mr. Silverstone went on to become the co-founder and COO of Silicon Graphics, the company that revolutionized the Computer Graphics world resulting in TV and Motion picture graphics that are difficult to distinguish from the real thing. The movies Jurrasic Park, Terminal Man, The Matrix were made possible through the extensive use of SGI workstations.

In the early 1990s Mr Silverstone worked with Russian physicists on the design and manufacture of broad-spectrum element detectors which utilized leading-edge crystal technology. In 1996 Mr. Silverstone founded Prologix Computer Corporation. PCC worked on reconfigurable microprocessors as the basis for a revolutionary new computer architecture.

In 1999 Mr. Silverstone joined MULTACOM as CEO/President and grew the company from 20 people to 140 people. In 2001, as Vice-Chairman of the Company with principle responsibility for International Business Development, Strategic Alliances and new product development he played a key role in legally connecting the USA, China and Taiwan with telco services.

Mr. Silverstone is a graduate of the University of Illinois (1961)and a member of the U of I President's Council and Foundation.

November 2010

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Abbey, I have no axe to grind in this, but you do. Simply cite a source that backs you up if you want to add yourself as a co-founder of SGI. Even better, make your case on the article's talk page, point out a source, and let someone without WP:COI make the edit. Dicklyon (talk) 02:10, 8 November 2010 (UTC)