Google gives its $1m Turing prize to, er, top Google bods: RISC men Hennessy, Patterson

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Around that time, Hennessy, while teaching at Stanford University, also forged ahead with the RISC architecture concept, and cofounded MIPS Computer Systems to turn his blueprints into silicon. MIPS pumped out chips for high-end workstations, video games consoles, spacecraft, networking gear, and ...

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