Roy L. Clay Sr.

CTL-E-1092 · Institution · other · 1950s-1970s

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Computer scientist and inventor who was a founding member of HP's computer division (HP 2116A minicomputer lead) and later founded ROD-L Electronics; a pioneering Black figure of Silicon Valley.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from TECH-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-TECH-001:TECH-E-094; source research type(s): None.

Sources

Wikipedia (Roy Clay)
CRN; InfoWorld

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