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> asks the president of Stanford Interesting tidbit: the president of Stanford at the time was John Hennessy. Take any modern CPU, and you'll probably find tha
by Cyph0n 9y ago
> asks the president of Stanford
Interesting tidbit: the president of Stanford at the time was John Hennessy. Take any modern CPU, and you'll probably find that much of its internal architecture is built on work by Hennessy and his group at Stanford. He is arguably the greatest computer architect of all time.
- deepnotderp 9y agoHe's definitely a powerhouse, but I think Patterson is a stronger contender for that title.
- Cyph0n 9y agoThey would definitely both be among the very top candidates to receive such a title.
- thanksgiving 9y agoAny time someone brings up Stanford, I want to scream patent troll. If you sell to a patent troll, you are a patent troll. http://news.stanford.edu/2015/02/23/haber-patent-trolls-022315/ http://news.stanford.edu/2015/02/23/haber-patent-trolls-0223... Shame on you, Stanford! What a sorry college.
- dekhn 9y agoFortunately they collaborated and wrote a book on the subject!
- deepnotderp 9y ago*THE book :)