Joined: 27 Nov 2004 {Posts: 1763 } Location: Hudson Valley, NY
Posted: Fri 22 May 2009 02:18 Post subject:
Remember, IBM did NOT invent the Personal Computer.
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Dr. Mark E. Dean is vice president Technical Strategy and WW Operations for IBM Research. In this role, he is responsible for setting the direction of IBM’s overall Research Strategy across eight worldwide labs and leading the global operations and information systems teams. An engineer by training, Dr. Dean has over 29 years with IBM, and is an IBM Fellow. He has been central to the design of a wide range of IBM products.
Dr. Dean has held various positions in several different cities and IBM divisions. Prior to his current role, he was vice president of the IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California and senior location executive for Silicon Valley, overseeing more than 400 scientists and engineers doing exploratory and applied research in various hardware, software and services areas including: nanotechnology, materials science for storage systems, data management, web technologies, workplaces practices and user interfaces.
Before his appointment to the Almaden Lab in 2004, Dr. Dean was vice president for hardware and systems architecture in IBM's Systems and Technology Group in Tucson, Arizona. While there, he significantly enhanced STG’s hardware and systems strategy and architectures to support continued market share growth and industry leadership in IBM's server and storage systems business. Before STG, Dr. Dean was a vice president in IBM's Storage Technology Group, focused on the company's storage systems strategy and technology roadmap.
Prior to Tucson, Dr. Dean was the VP for Systems Research at IBM's Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York, where he was responsible for the research and application of systems technologies spanning circuits to operating environments. Key technologies from his research team include petaflop supercomputer systems structures (BlueGene), digital visualization, design automation tools, Linux optimizations for servers and embedded systems, algorithms for computational science, memory compression, S/390 & PowerPC processors, embedded systems research, formal verification methods and high-speed low-power circuits.
During his career, Dr. Dean has held several engineering positions at IBM in the area of computer system hardware architecture and design in Boca Raton, Florida, Austin, Texas and Yorktown Heights, New York. He has developed all types of computer systems, from embedded systems to supercomputers, including testing of the first gigahertz CMOS microprocessor, and establishing the team that developed the Blue Gene supercomputer. He was also chief engineer for the development of the IBM PC/AT, ISA systems bus, PS/2 Model 70 & 80, the Color Graphics Adapter in the original IBM PC, and holds three of the nine patents for the original IBM PC. One invention -- the Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) "bus," which permitted add-on devices like the keyboard, disk drives and printers to be connected to the motherboard -- would earn election to the National Inventors Hall of Fame for Dean and colleague Dennis Moeller.
Dr. Dean received a BSEE degree from the University of Tennessee in 1979, an MSEE degree from Florida Atlantic University in 1982, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1992.
Dr. Dean’s most recent awards include: National Institute of Science Outstanding Scientist Award, member of the American Academy of Arts and Science and National Academy of Engineering, IEEE Fellow, the CCG Black Engineer of the Year, the NSBE Distinguished Engineer award, the University of Tennessee COE Dougherty Award, member of the National Inventor’s Hall of Fame, and recipient of the Ronald H. Brown American Innovators Award. Dr. Dean was appointed to IBM Fellow in 1995, IBM’s highest technical honor. He is a member of the IBM Academy of Technology. He has received several academic and IBM awards, including thirteen Invention Achievement Awards and six Corporate Awards. Dr. Dean has more than 40 patents or patents pending.
IBM was a little late in the PC market back in the early 80s. I understand what the article is trying to say though and they are correct, he was key in the development of the PC. Also remember the key component, the Intel chip, played a major role as well. So there were many people, not just one person.
Remember, IBM did NOT invent the Personal Computer.
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Dr. Mark E. Dean is vice president Technical Strategy and WW Operations for IBM Research. In this role, he is responsible for setting the direction of IBM’s overall Research Strategy across eight worldwide labs and leading the global operations and information systems teams. An engineer by training, Dr. Dean has over 29 years with IBM, and is an IBM Fellow. He has been central to the design of a wide range of IBM products.
Dr. Dean has held various positions in several different cities and IBM divisions. Prior to his current role, he was vice president of the IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California and senior location executive for Silicon Valley, overseeing more than 400 scientists and engineers doing exploratory and applied research in various hardware, software and services areas including: nanotechnology, materials science for storage systems, data management, web technologies, workplaces practices and user interfaces.
Before his appointment to the Almaden Lab in 2004, Dr. Dean was vice president for hardware and systems architecture in IBM's Systems and Technology Group in Tucson, Arizona. While there, he significantly enhanced STG’s hardware and systems strategy and architectures to support continued market share growth and industry leadership in IBM's server and storage systems business. Before STG, Dr. Dean was a vice president in IBM's Storage Technology Group, focused on the company's storage systems strategy and technology roadmap.
Prior to Tucson, Dr. Dean was the VP for Systems Research at IBM's Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York, where he was responsible for the research and application of systems technologies spanning circuits to operating environments. Key technologies from his research team include petaflop supercomputer systems structures (BlueGene), digital visualization, design automation tools, Linux optimizations for servers and embedded systems, algorithms for computational science, memory compression, S/390 & PowerPC processors, embedded systems research, formal verification methods and high-speed low-power circuits.
During his career, Dr. Dean has held several engineering positions at IBM in the area of computer system hardware architecture and design in Boca Raton, Florida, Austin, Texas and Yorktown Heights, New York. He has developed all types of computer systems, from embedded systems to supercomputers, including testing of the first gigahertz CMOS microprocessor, and establishing the team that developed the Blue Gene supercomputer. He was also chief engineer for the development of the IBM PC/AT, ISA systems bus, PS/2 Model 70 & 80, the Color Graphics Adapter in the original IBM PC, and holds three of the nine patents for the original IBM PC. One invention -- the Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) "bus," which permitted add-on devices like the keyboard, disk drives and printers to be connected to the motherboard -- would earn election to the National Inventors Hall of Fame for Dean and colleague Dennis Moeller.
Dr. Dean received a BSEE degree from the University of Tennessee in 1979, an MSEE degree from Florida Atlantic University in 1982, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1992.
Dr. Dean’s most recent awards include: National Institute of Science Outstanding Scientist Award, member of the American Academy of Arts and Science and National Academy of Engineering, IEEE Fellow, the CCG Black Engineer of the Year, the NSBE Distinguished Engineer award, the University of Tennessee COE Dougherty Award, member of the National Inventor’s Hall of Fame, and recipient of the Ronald H. Brown American Innovators Award. Dr. Dean was appointed to IBM Fellow in 1995, IBM’s highest technical honor. He is a member of the IBM Academy of Technology. He has received several academic and IBM awards, including thirteen Invention Achievement Awards and six Corporate Awards. Dr. Dean has more than 40 patents or patents pending.
IBM was a little late in the PC market back in the early 80s. I understand what the article is trying to say though and they are correct, he was key in the development of the PC. Also remember the key component, the Intel chip, played a major role as well. So there were many people, not just one person.
I hope this helps.
No doubt about that, he is one of the key inventors of the PC. I understand that, that's why he hold 3 of the 9 patents. Maybe I should of wrote one of the Inventors of th Personal Computer. The whole point of me posting that, is this information is not readily available , especially during so-called Black History Month. What's really up with America?
Remember, IBM did NOT invent the Personal Computer.
Quote:
Dr. Mark E. Dean is vice president Technical Strategy and WW Operations for IBM Research. In this role, he is responsible for setting the direction of IBM’s overall Research Strategy across eight worldwide labs and leading the global operations and information systems teams. An engineer by training, Dr. Dean has over 29 years with IBM, and is an IBM Fellow. He has been central to the design of a wide range of IBM products.
Dr. Dean has held various positions in several different cities and IBM divisions. Prior to his current role, he was vice president of the IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California and senior location executive for Silicon Valley, overseeing more than 400 scientists and engineers doing exploratory and applied research in various hardware, software and services areas including: nanotechnology, materials science for storage systems, data management, web technologies, workplaces practices and user interfaces.
Before his appointment to the Almaden Lab in 2004, Dr. Dean was vice president for hardware and systems architecture in IBM's Systems and Technology Group in Tucson, Arizona. While there, he significantly enhanced STG’s hardware and systems strategy and architectures to support continued market share growth and industry leadership in IBM's server and storage systems business. Before STG, Dr. Dean was a vice president in IBM's Storage Technology Group, focused on the company's storage systems strategy and technology roadmap.
Prior to Tucson, Dr. Dean was the VP for Systems Research at IBM's Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York, where he was responsible for the research and application of systems technologies spanning circuits to operating environments. Key technologies from his research team include petaflop supercomputer systems structures (BlueGene), digital visualization, design automation tools, Linux optimizations for servers and embedded systems, algorithms for computational science, memory compression, S/390 & PowerPC processors, embedded systems research, formal verification methods and high-speed low-power circuits.
During his career, Dr. Dean has held several engineering positions at IBM in the area of computer system hardware architecture and design in Boca Raton, Florida, Austin, Texas and Yorktown Heights, New York. He has developed all types of computer systems, from embedded systems to supercomputers, including testing of the first gigahertz CMOS microprocessor, and establishing the team that developed the Blue Gene supercomputer. He was also chief engineer for the development of the IBM PC/AT, ISA systems bus, PS/2 Model 70 & 80, the Color Graphics Adapter in the original IBM PC, and holds three of the nine patents for the original IBM PC. One invention -- the Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) "bus," which permitted add-on devices like the keyboard, disk drives and printers to be connected to the motherboard -- would earn election to the National Inventors Hall of Fame for Dean and colleague Dennis Moeller.
Dr. Dean received a BSEE degree from the University of Tennessee in 1979, an MSEE degree from Florida Atlantic University in 1982, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1992.
Dr. Dean’s most recent awards include: National Institute of Science Outstanding Scientist Award, member of the American Academy of Arts and Science and National Academy of Engineering, IEEE Fellow, the CCG Black Engineer of the Year, the NSBE Distinguished Engineer award, the University of Tennessee COE Dougherty Award, member of the National Inventor’s Hall of Fame, and recipient of the Ronald H. Brown American Innovators Award. Dr. Dean was appointed to IBM Fellow in 1995, IBM’s highest technical honor. He is a member of the IBM Academy of Technology. He has received several academic and IBM awards, including thirteen Invention Achievement Awards and six Corporate Awards. Dr. Dean has more than 40 patents or patents pending.
IBM was a little late in the PC market back in the early 80s. I understand what the article is trying to say though and they are correct, he was key in the development of the PC. Also remember the key component, the Intel chip, played a major role as well. So there were many people, not just one person.
Dean has been with IBM since 1980. Dean holds 3 of the original 9 patents on the computer 'that all PCs are based upon': Soon after joining IBM, Dean and a colleague, Dennis Moeller, developed the interior achitecture (ISA systems bus) that enables multiple devices, like modem and printer, to be connected to personal computers. Then he worked for a number of years before considering the doctorate.
Joined: 27 Nov 2004 {Posts: 1763 } Location: Hudson Valley, NY
Posted: Fri 22 May 2009 16:01 Post subject:
gs56ca wrote:
Is that better for you lol
It doesn't matter to me either way. It still does not mean he invented the PC, which he did not. Apple and Radio Shack had a PC on the market well before IBM did. That is a fact.
gs56ca wrote:
No doubt about that, he is one of the key inventors of the PC. I understand that, that's why he hold 3 of the 9 patents. Maybe I should of wrote one of the Inventors of th Personal Computer. The whole point of me posting that, is this information is not readily available , especially during so-called Black History Month. What's really up with America?
OK, so who is credited with the invention of the PC??? Is that person a household name such as Edison or Bell???
It doesn't matter to me either way. It still does not mean he invented the PC, which he did not. Apple and Radio Shack had a PC on the market well before IBM did. That is a fact.
gs56ca wrote:
No doubt about that, he is one of the key inventors of the PC. I understand that, that's why he hold 3 of the 9 patents. Maybe I should of wrote one of the Inventors of th Personal Computer. The whole point of me posting that, is this information is not readily available , especially during so-called Black History Month. What's really up with America?
OK, so who is credited with the invention of the PC??? Is that person a household name such as Edison or Bell???
let's go back to what the article says 'modern PC'. Lol. Calm down, its alright if he's black
OK, so who is credited with the invention of the PC??? Is that person a household name such as Edison or Bell???
Good thing you mentioned both those names, because while Edison did invent the light bulb, he couldn't make it last more than a second. It was actually Lewis Latimer, another Afro-American inventor, who made it last longer. As far as Bell and the telephone are concerned, the draftsman for the first telephone was an African American. Do your research.
It doesn't matter to me either way. It still does not mean he invented the PC, which he did not. Apple and Radio Shack had a PC on the market well before IBM did. That is a fact.
gs56ca wrote:
No doubt about that, he is one of the key inventors of the PC. I understand that, that's why he hold 3 of the 9 patents. Maybe I should of wrote one of the Inventors of th Personal Computer. The whole point of me posting that, is this information is not readily available , especially during so-called Black History Month. What's really up with America?
OK, so who is credited with the invention of the PC??? Is that person a household name such as Edison or Bell???
Ok, I apologize. Sometimes, you get hyped up by information. IBM was actually the company that sparked the modern PC age with their line of home computers and they were the first one to call it a PC. My apologies. I will call him, but he is still can be called African American Father of the modern PC . That statement, would not negate that there are more fathers.
Ok, I apologize. Sometimes, you get hyped up by information. IBM was actually the company that sparked the modern PC age with their line of home computers ...
Joined: 27 Nov 2004 {Posts: 1763 } Location: Hudson Valley, NY
Posted: Sun 24 May 2009 14:27 Post subject:
gs56ca wrote:
Good thing you mentioned both those names, because while Edison did invent the light bulb, he couldn't make it last more than a second. It was actually Lewis Latimer, another Afro-American inventor, who made it last longer. As far as Bell and the telephone are concerned, the draftsman for the first telephone was an African American. Do your research.
You're right about Latimer. There was also a "White" inventor named Elijah Gray, who was beat out by Bell to the Patent Office for the telephone. Also remember about Edison, he invented more than the telephone and was the founder of General Electric.
My point to you is do not "racially" mis-interperate history. It is inaccurate. If you really want to be accurate, one can say the "Black" inventors you talk about were genetically mixed race people, not just African descended. That's another discussion though.
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