Editing Sophie Wilson (section)

=== Firepath ===
Wilson was the Chief Architect of [[Broadcom Corporation|Broadcom's]] Firepath processor.<ref>{{cite web|last=Smotherman|first=Mark|title=Which Machines Do Computer Architects Admire?|url=http://www.cs.clemson.edu/~mark/admired_designs.html|access-date=22 May 2012|archive-date=4 April 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060404093907/http://www.cs.clemson.edu/~mark/admired_designs.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Firepath has its history in Acorn Computers,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wit.library.cornell.edu/show.html?id=64|title=League of Women Coders |author=<!--Not stated--> |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128234642/http://wit.library.cornell.edu/show.html?id=64 |website=Cornell University Library |archive-date=28 November 2022 |quote=}}</ref> which, after being renamed to [[Element 14 (company)|Element 14]], was broken up in an acquisition, with the Element 14 name being transferred to a new company,<ref name="ac-prelim-results-for-1998">{{cite web|url=http://www.marutan.net/wikiref/msdw/19990427%20-%20Acorn%20audited%20results%20for%201998.pdf|title=Acorn Group PLC – Preliminary Announcement of Audited Results for the Year Ended 31 December 1998|website=marutan.net|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718122337/http://www.marutan.net/wikiref/msdw/19990427%20-%20Acorn%20audited%20results%20for%201998.pdf|archive-date=18 July 2011|access-date=14 January 2011}}</ref> this company eventually being bought by Broadcom in 2000.<ref name="register20001014">{{cite news | url=https://www.theregister.com/2000/10/14/broadcom_eats_element/ | title=Broadcom eats Element 14 | work=The Register | date=14 October 2000 | access-date=31 January 2021 | last1=Cullen | first1=Drew | archive-date=12 November 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112031746/https://www.theregister.com/2000/10/14/broadcom_eats_element/ | url-status=live }}</ref> In 2001 she became a research fellow and director at Broadcom.<ref name="Selwyn 20243">{{Cite magazine |last=Wilson |first=Sophie |author-link=Sophie Wilson |date=Summer 2024 |title=The AI PC era begins |magazine=Selwyn Magazine |pages=11 |issue=Summer 2024}}</ref>

Wilson was listed in 2011 in ''[[Maximum PC]]'' as number 8 in an article titled "The 15 Most Important Women in Tech History".<ref name="maximumpc 2011" />