Bill Mensch
| Bill Mensch | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 9, 1945 |
| Occupation | Microprocessor designer |
William (Bill) David Mensch, Jr. (born February 9, 1945), is an American electrical engineer born in Quakertown, Pennsylvania. He is best known as a major contributor to the design of the Motorola 6800 8-bit microprocessor, part of the small team that created the MOS Technology 6502 (led by Chuck Peddle), and designer of the 16-bit successor to the 6502, the 65816.
Mensch is the founder, chairman, and CEO of the Western Design Center (WDC) located in Mesa, Arizona. Prior to founding the Western Design Center in 1978, Mensch held design engineering and management positions at Philco-Ford, Motorola, MOS Technology and Integrated Circuit Engineering. At WDC, Bill Mensch worked primarily on extending and expanding the 6502 architecture. His designs are widely used in embedded systems and implantable, electronic, life-support devices.
Mensch graduated with an associate's degree from Temple University in 1966, and received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Arizona in Tucson in 1971. He has taught classes at Arizona State University, including courses on system-on-a-chip (SoC) IC design. Mensch is a Senior Member of the IEEE. In 2004 he was inducted in the Computer Hall of Fame (hosted by the San Diego Computer Museum, part of the San Diego State University Library), and in 2005 was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the University of Arizona's College of Engineering.
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