Steve Furber
Computer Scientist, ARM architecture co-creator
Born
March 21st, 1953
72 years ago
Category
Scientists & Innovators
Country
United Kingdom
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English computer scientist and academic contributed significantly to the development of computer architecture. Designed and developed the ARM microprocessor, which became widely adopted in mobile and embedded systems. Served as a professor of Computer Engineering at the University of Manchester, focusing on advanced computing technologies. Conducted research on the SpiNNaker project, aimed at creating a brain-inspired computing architecture.
Co-created the ARM architecture
Developed the SpiNNaker computing system
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