# Robert L. Metcalfe (@robert-metcalfe)

Robert L. Metcalfe was a American computer engineer. Metcalfe and David Boggs designed an early Ethernet network at Xerox PARC, using packets, shared cable and collision management.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Robert L. Metcalfe's public record._

## Topics

- [Metcalfe's Law](/@robert-metcalfe/metcalfe-s-law.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Ethernet at Xerox PARC](/@robert-metcalfe/ethernet-at-xerox-parc.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Standards and Scale](/@robert-metcalfe/standards-and-scale.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/metcalfe_3968158.cfm
- blog: https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102716041
- blog: https://spectrum.ieee.org/bob-metcalfe-ethernet

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "robert-metcalfe", "question": "…"}`.