Gary Boone Obituary

Gary W. Boone, 68, of Colorado Springs, died peacefully December 12, 2013, from pneumonia as a complication from Lewy Body Dementia. Gary was born in Canton, Ohio on April 8, 1945.

Gary leaves behind to cherish his memory, devoted wife Janie Boone; loving children, Steven (Karen) Boone of Colorado Springs; Thomas Boone of Austin TX; precious granddaughters Kelly and Samantha; siblings Mark and Jan; as well as a host of wonderful nieces, nephews and friends.

Gary received his electrical engineering degree from Rose Hulman Institute of Technology in 1967. He went on to Collins Radio in Iowa and then joined Texas Instruments in Houston working in the then-new field of MOS design. He and his team designed custom chips for industrial customers, mostly calculator companies. His projects at TI resulted in the TMX-1795, the world's first 8-bit microprocessor, and the TMS-0100, the first single chip microcontroller. These two pioneering chips were operational in 1971. Based on his work at TI, Gary is listed as inventor on many fundamental microprocessor and microcontroller patents. Gary went on to work for Litronix in Cupertino, Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, UTMC in Colorado Springs and in 1982, he started his own company, Micro Methods, focusing on patent projects and design projects, as a consultant.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Computer History Museum, 1401 N Shoreline Blvd, Mtn. View, CA 94043 or Pikes Peak Hospice, 2550 Tenderfoot Hill Street, Colorado Springs, CO 80906.

Gary has been cremated. A Memorial Service and Celebration of Life will be held on February 15, 2014 at the World Prayer Center, I-25 and Interquest Parkway, Colorado Springs, CO at 10 am.