Lynn Conway, microchip pioneer who overcame transgender prejudice, dies aged 86

Lynn Conway at the University of Michigan where she was on the engineering faculty (Marcin Szczepanski/University of Michigan via AP)

Lynn Conway, a pioneer in the design of microchips who overcame transgender discrimination, has died at age 86.

Her death on June 9 was announced by the University of Michigan, where Ms Conway was on the engineering faculty until she retired in 1998.