hiː wʌz sˈɛntɹəl ɪnðə dɪvˈɛləpmənt ʌvðə lˈæmdə sˈɪstəm lˈɑːdʒɪk ænd mˌæθɪmˈæɾɪks bᵻhˌaɪnd dɪzˈaɪn ˌɔːɾəmˈeɪʃən tʊ ˈeɪd hˈɑːɹdwɛɹ dɪzˈaɪn, ɐ tˈuːl ˈɪmplɪməntᵻd ɪnðɪ ˌɛsˌɛmˈɛl pɹˈoʊɡɹæmɪŋ lˈæŋɡwɪdʒ ænd mˈɑːɹkɪɾᵻd baɪ ˌeɪˌeɪtʃˈɛl.
He was central in the development of the LAMBDA system (Logic And Mathematics Behind Design Automation) to aid hardware design, a tool implemented in the SML programming language and marketed by AHL.